ON : Lethe chandica suvarna Fruhstorfer, 1908 OD : Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9):38. TL : Chiem Hoa, Tonkin. (NHML) Distribution : Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, S.Yunnan, Zheijiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Guangdong, Hainan. ● ssp.chandica ● ssp.suvarna ● ssp.namura

Lethe chandica suvarna forma rahula Fruhstorfer, 1908 : Ent. Wbl. 25:38. TL. Montes Mauson, Tonkin.

suvarna ; Syntype ♂, #141534, Aug.-Sep. Chien Hoa, Central Tonkin.(NHML)
rahula ; Syntype ♂, Apr.-May. Montes Mauson, Tonkin.

[ LAOS ]
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 210, pl.91, fig.♂. (Vieng Xai)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Uémura,2003 : 4, fig.28 map, fig.39,♂. (Vieng Xai; Lak Sao)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Kosterin,2020 : 331. (Pursat)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe suvarna ; Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Tonkin)
Lethe rahula ; Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Tonkin)
Lethe chandica f. suvarna ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 29. (Tonkin: Chiem-Hao [Chiem-Hoa])
Lethe chandica suvarna f.aest. survana ; Metaye,1957 : 103. (N)
Lethe chandica suvarna f.hib. rahula ; Metaye,1957 : 103. (N)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Luong et al.,2004 : 4, 47, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 57-58, pl.15, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♂(dsf.Un). (N: Tam Dao; Ba Be; Ba Vi; Cuc Phuong / C: Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006c : 31, figs.S-16,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Lethe chandica suvarna ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N / C)

The population in western Cambodia is likely to be the nominotypical subspecies. Re-confirmation is required.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren.
Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9):37-38.

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