Faunis excelsa excelsa

Faunis excelsa excelsa (Fruhstorfer, 1901)


♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.

ON : Clerome aerope excelsa Fruhstorfer, 1901
OD : Soc. Ent. 16(13): 97.
TL : "Than Moi, Nord-Tonkin" [Than Moi, Lang Son, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Distribution : N. & C.Vietnam, Guangxi.

	● ssp.excelsa
	● ssp.laotica

Synonym

Faunis aerope masseyeffi Brooks, 1949; Entomologist 82: 256; TL: 'Chapa; Tong, Cochin China' [Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Type Materials Information

excelsa ;
Type (HT) ♂, Rh.15118, Juni–Juli, Than Moi, Tonkin. H. Fruhstorfer (NHML) ; Type (AT) ♀, Rh.15119, Juni–Juli, Than Moi, Tonkin. H. Fruhstorfer (NHML)
masseyeffi ;
Type (HT) ♂, Rh.15529, Sep.1935. 'Chapa, Cochin China' [Tonkin], Masseyeff (NHML) ; Type (AT) ♀, Rh.15530, Sep.1935. 'Chapa, Cochin China' [Tonkin], Masseyeff (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Faunis aerope excelsa: Fruhstorfer,1911 : 406. (Tonkin: Than Moi)
Faunis excelsa: Vitalis,1919 : 225. (Tonkin)
Faunis aerope f. excelsa: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 32. (Tonkin: Than-Moi)
Faunis aerope excelsa: Metaye,1957 : 99. (N)
Faunis aerope excelsa: Monastyrskii,2004 : 41, col.pl.1, figs.3,♂(type),4,♂(type,Un). (N: Than Moi; Chapa; Tam Dao; Huu Lien; Na Hang; C: Vu Quang)
Faunis excelsa: Monastyrskii,2011 : 80–81,pl.16, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀. (N: Than Moi; Chapa; Tam Dao; C: Huong Son; Vu Quang)
Faunis excelsa: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 28. (N; C)
Faunis excelsa excelsa: Nakamura,2021 : 9, figs.4,♂,4v♂(Un),5,♀,5v♀(Un). (N: Lang Son, near Ba Nang)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 2♂ 1♀.

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Notes

The population in central Vietnam is most likely to be ssp.laotica based on its geographical distribution pattern. However, I was unable to examine the specimens, I tentatively treat it as ssp.excelsa. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Fruhstorfer, H, 1901. Neue Schmetterlinge aus Tonkin.
Societas Entomologica, 16(13): 97–99. (1.Oct.1901)

Brooks, J, 1949. New subspecies in the Genera Faunis, Aemona, Stichophthalma and Enispe, with Revisional Notes (Lep. Amathusiidae).
Entomologist, 82: 256–259.

Monastyrskii, A.L, 2004. Infraspecific variation in Faunis aerope (Leech, 1890) and the description of a new subspecies from Central Vietnam.
Atalanta, 35(1/2): 37–44, 1 pl.

Nakamura, N, 2021. Notes on the butterflies of Laos (XII): New findings on Amathusiini (Morphinae: Nymphalidae) including description of a new subspecies of Faunis excelsa (Fruhstorfer, 1901).
Butterflies, 85: 4–14.

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