Mycalesis mucianus mucianus Fruhstorfer, 1908

Mycalesis mucianus mucianus ♀ Up. Mycalesis mucianus mucianus ♀ Un.
♀ (dsf), 2012.10.22. Bolikhamxai, Laos.

ON : Mycalesis horsfieldi [sic] mucianus Fruhstorfer, 1908
OD : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 58(4/5):157.
TL : "Phuc-Son, Annam" [Phuoc Son, Quang Nam, C.Vietnam]. (NHML)
Distribution : Laos, Vietnam, Guangxi, Hainan, Guizhou, Fujian, Jiangxi.
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Type Materials Information

Syntype, Rh15560, #141969, Phuc-Son, Annam. (NHML)


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Mycalesis mucianus mucianus ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 29, figs.19,♀,♀(Un). (Lak Sao)

[ VIETNAM ]
Mycalesis horsfieldi [sic] f. mucianus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 30. (Annam / Tonkin: Ha-Giang)
Mycalesis horsfieldi [sic] mucianus ; Metaye,1957 : 103. (N / C)
Mycalesis zonata ; Luong et al.,2004 : 4, 49, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Mycalesis zonata ; Ikeda et al.,1999 : 57, fig.6:1,♂,2,♂(Un),3,♀, fig.9:28(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Mycalesis mucianus ; Monastyrskii,2005 : 94-95, pl.25, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un),3c♀. (N: Hanoi; Tam Dao; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong; Pu Luong / C: Pu Hoat; Pu Mat; Huong Son; Vu Quang; Bach Ma; Ba Na; Song Thanh; Kon Cha Rang; Kon Ka Kinh)
Mycalesis mucianus mucianus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 25. (N / C)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : Lak Sao. 2012.10.22. 1♀ K.Phongpiyamit (YI)
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Notes

The figured specimen is the first record from Laos.
This taxon is easily distinguished from other species of the mineus group by the shape of the apex of the forewing. Further distributional research is needed.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Neue indo-australische Mycalesis und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 58(4/5):129-239, pl.1. (20.Jun.1908)


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