♂, Borikhamxai, Laos. (photo by K.Saito)		♀, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.

ON : Crossiura pencillatum [sic] insularis Joicey & Talbot ,1921 OD : Bull. Hill Mus. 1(1): 176, pl.24, figs.26,♂, 27,♀. TL : "Five Finger Mountains" [Wuzhi Shan, Hainan]. (NHML) Distribution : Vietnam, Guangdong, Hainan. [Laos] ● ssp.insularis ● ssp.kiyila

♂, Type HT (red), Oct. Hainan. C.T.Bowring (NHML, examined)

[ VIETNAM ]
Capila pennicillatum ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,1999 : 157. (N: Tam Dao / C: Vu Quang) (in part)
Capila pennicillatum insularis ; Ikeda et al.,2001b : 63, figs.1:21,♂,22,♂(Un),5:9(♂genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Capila pennicillatum ; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii,2003 : 121. (S: Cat Tien)
Capila pennicillatum insularis ; Luong et al.,2004 : 12, 84, figs.♂,♂(Un),♀(right),♀(right,Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Capila pennicillatum insularis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 71. (N / C / S: to Dong Nai)

[ VIETNAM ]
Vinh Phuc : 3♂ 2♀.

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Borikhamxai : 1♂.

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The butterfly is rather localized and uncommon in montane forests.
The male specimen from Laos shown above is not a true ssp.insularis. It appears to be an intermediate between ssp.insularis and ssp.kiyila. I tentatively include it as this taxon, but further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Joicey, J.J. & Talbot, G.,1921 : Descriptions of new forms of Lepidoptera from the island of Hainan.
Bull. Hill Mus. 1(1): 167-177, pls.19-24.

Evans, W.H.,1949 : A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History).
i-xix + 1-502, pls.1-35. London.

1999.07.31 - 2023.04.30.