Matapa purpurascens  Elwes & Edwards,1897
Matapa purpurascens ♂ Up. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Un. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Up. Matapa purpurascens ♂ Un.
♂, 1993.02.18. Nan, Thailand. ♂, 2014.09.--. Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Matapa purpurascens Elwes & Edwards,1897
OD : Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):209, pl.20, fig.1♂; pl.24, fig.48.
TL : Khasias ; E.Pegu. (♂, NHML)
Distribution : Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, N.Thailand, N.Vietnam.
Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Matapa purpurascens ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 41, figs.141,♂,♂(Un). (Nan)

[ VIETNAM ]
Matapa purpurascens ; Saito & Inayoshi,2018 : 41, figs.142,♂,♂(Un). (Lao Cai)

Specimens Examined

[ THAILAND ]
Nan : Pua dist., 1♂, 1993.02.18. P.Sukkit (YI).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : Mt.Fangshipan, Sapa. 1♂, 2014.09.--. LC (KS).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

This is the first record from Thailand and Vietnam.

Literature

Elwes, H.J. & J. Edwards,1897 : A Revision of the Oriental Hesperiidae.
Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 14(4):101-324, pls.18-27.

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