Helcyra subalba subalba

Helcyra subalba subalba (Poujade, 1885)


♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Apatura subalba Poujade, 1885
OD : Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6)5: ccvii–ccviii.
TL : "Mou-Pin" [Baoxing, W.Sichuan].

Distribution : N.Vietnam, China (except Yunnan).

Synonyms

Apatura subsplendens Mell, 1923 ; Deut. ent. Zeit. 1923: 156–157; TL: "Norden der Provinz [Kuangtung]" [N.Guangdong].
Chitoria subalba kashiwabarai Funahashi, 2003 ; Wallace 8: 7, pl.2, fig.8,♂(HT), ♂(HT,Un); TL: "Hajiang, N.Vietnam" [Ha Giang, N.Vietnam]. (in coll. A.Funahashi)
Helcyra subalba anhuiensis Wu & Ma, 2016 ; Records of Butterflies in Anhui Province: 100, figs.375,♂, 376,♂(Un), 377,♀, 378,♀(Un). Loc: Anhui: Xiuning; Ningguo. (Unavailable name)

Type Materials Information

kashiwabarai :
Holotype ♂, Jul.1998, Hajiang, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A. Funahashi)
Paratypes 12♂ 1♀, Jul.1998, Hajiang, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A. Funahashi)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Chitoria subalba : Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Hajiang)
Heclyra subalba kashiwabarai : Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 43, pl.13, fig.51,♂. (N: Ha Giang)
Helcyra subalba : Masui,2018 : 6,18, figs.29c♂,29d♀. (N.Vietnam)
Heclyra subalba subalba : Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):64–65, pl.6, figs.1a♂,1b♀,1c♀(Un). (N: Dong Van)
Heclyra subalba kashiwabarai : Saito & Vu,2020a : 177. (Ha Giang: Dong Van)
Helcyra subalba : Masui,2025 : 312, pl.157, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀,♀(Un),♀,♀(Un). (N.Vietnam)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♂.

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Notes

Literature

Poujade, G.A, 1885. [Descriptions de deux Lepidopteres de la famille des Nymphalides appartenant an Muesum].
Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, (6)5: ccvii–ccviii.

Mell, R, 1923. Noch unbeschriebene Lepidopteren aus Sudchina II.
Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift, 1923(2): 153–160.

Funahashi, A, 2003. Description of a new subspecies of Chitoria subalba Poujade, 1885 from Hajang, N.Vietnam.
Butterflies of Vietnam part 2. Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace, 8: 7, pl. 3.

Wu, S-J. & Ma, X-Y, 2016 : Records of Butterflies in Anhui Province.
Anhui Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Hefei, 5 + 233 pp. (in Chinese)

Masui, A, 2018. Revition of the genus Helcyra (Nymphalidae, Apaturinae) with description of new subspecies of Helcyra chionippe from Buru and Yapen islands.
Butterflies, 77: 4–24.

Li, H-Z, Wu, Z-J. & Li, J, 2026. Taxonomic notes on Helcyra Felder, 1860 group II, with a description of a new subspecies from Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Zootaxa, 5884(3): 554–564. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5884.3.9

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