ON : Satarupa sambara Moore, 1866 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 781. TL : 'Darjeeling' [Sikkim]. (NHML) Distribution : NW.India, Nepal to Myanmar, Laos. ● ssp.sambara ● ssp.indosinica

Tagiades cosima Plötz, 1884 : Jb. nass. Ver. Nat. 37: 55. TL. "Nd.-Indien".

[ LAOS ]
Saseria sambara sambara ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 79, pl.111, figs.A9,♂A10,♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)
Saseria sambara sambara ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 222, pl.135, fig.♂. (Vang Vieng)
Saseria sambara sambara ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 57, pl.24, figs.He-59,♀,♀(Un). (Houa Phan)
Saseria sambara sambara ; Onodera,2022 : 107, pl.242, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Xaisomboun: Nam Phang)

The taxa with the nominotypical subspecies and ssp.indosinica have different male genitalia. The populations from Laos are possibly ssp.indosinica based on their distribution. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Moore, F.,1866 : On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 755-822, 3 pls.

Plötz, C.,1884 : Die Hesperiinen-Gruppe der Achlyoden.
Jb. nass. Ver. Nat. 37: 1-55.

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.

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