Sephisa chandra subsp. incertae sedis

Sephisa chandra ssp. ♂ Up. Sephisa chandra ssp. ♂ Un. Sephisa chandra ssp. ♀ Up. Sephisa chandra ssp. ♀ Un.
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Dak Lac, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Sephisa chandra ssp.
OD :
TL :
Distribution : C.Vietnam.
● ssp.chandra
ssp.
Sephisa chandra ssp. map

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Sephisa chandra f. chandra ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 45. (Annam: Keng-Trap)
Sephisa chandra chandra ; Metaye,1957 : 98. (C) (in part)
Sephisa chandra ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 44. (C: to Dak Lak) (in part)
Sephisa chandra stubbsi ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41, figs.81,♀,81v,♀(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Sephisa chandra stubbsi ; Masui,2025 : 294,296, pl.142, figs.♀,♀(Un). (S.Vietnam)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Khanh Hoa : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Dak Lak : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

Yokochi et al. (2015) and Masui (2025) treat this taxon as the Malaysian subspecies stubbsi. However, since both males and females appear to differ slightly from that subspecies, it is provisionally treated here as subsp. incertae sedis. Further taxonomic study is needed.


2007.09.20 - 2025.12.31.

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