ON : Palaeonympha opalina Butler, 1871 OD : Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1871(3):401-402. TL : Shanghai. Distribution : N.Vietnam, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hubei, Shanghai, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing.

Palaeonympha opalina reducta Watkins, 1927 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9)19:324-325. TL. Chang-yang [Hubei].
Palaeonympha opalina meridionalis Mell, 1942 : Arch. Naturgesch. Leipzig (N.F.) B11:267-268. TL. Tienmoshan.
Palaeonympha opalina obscura Mell, 1942 : Arch. Naturgesch. Leipzig (N.F.) B11:268. TL. Kuatun [Guadun, Fujian].

[ VIETNAM ]
Palaeonymha opalina ; Monastyrskii & Vu.,2021 : 507. (Ha Giang: Dong Van)

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Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1871(3):401-403.

Watkins, H.T.G.,1927 : Butterflies from N.W.Yunnan.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (9)19:313-344.

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Inventur und okologisches Material zu einer Biologie der sudchinesischen Lepidopteren: die Amathusiiden und Satyriden Sud-(und Sudost-) Chinas.
Arch. Naturgesch., Leipzig (N.F.) B11:221-291.

Monastyrskii, A.L. & Vu, L.V.,2021 : New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
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Satyrini Subtribes Mycalesina, Coenonymphina, Melanargiina, Maniolina, Satyrina, Ypthimina, Erebiina, Euptychiina; Zetherini, Melanitini, Elymniini
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