Neope felderi cottoni  Tshikolovets, 2021


ON : Neope felderi cottoni Tshikolovets, 2021
OD : Atalanta 52(4):633, pl.5, figs.13(♂[♀],PT), 14(♂,HT), 15(♂,PT).
TL : Ban Nape, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (♂, in coll. V.Thikolovets)
Distribution : Laos (Bolikhamxai), N.Vietnam.
Neope felderi cottoni map


Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 18.Feb.2007. Ban Nape, Bolikhamxai, Laos. V.Tshikolovets leg. (in coll. V.Tshikolovets)
Paratypes : 1♂ 1♀, same locality as holotype. (in coll. V.Thikolovets)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
'Neope muirheadi [sic] segonax ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 23. (N: Lao Cai)'
Neope muirheadi [sic] segonax ; Saito & Vu,2020 : 27, figs.6,♀,6v♀(Un). (Vinh Phuc: Tam Dao)


Notes

The specimen shown in Saito & Vu,2020 as Neope muirheadi segonax seems to be this species. I am tentatively including it in this taxon. Further taxonomic study is needed.


Literature

Tshikolovets, V.,2021 : Description of new taxa of Rhopalocera from China and Laos (Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae and Hesperiidae)
Atalanta 52(4):625-639.


2022.04.30.

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