Neptis nashona chapa

Neptis nashona chapa Eliot, 1969

ON : Neptis nashona chapa Eliot,1969
OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) Suppl. 15: 95, pl.2, fig.17,♂.
TL : 'Chapa, Cochin China [recte Tonkin]' [Sapa, Lao Cai, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Distribution : [? Lao Cai, N.Vietnam].

	● ssp.nashona
	● ssp.aagaardi
	● ssp.chapa [? loc.err.]
	● ssp.kishii
	● ssp.???
	● ssp.tamamitsui

Type Material Information

♂ Holotype (Type/red), Oct.1935, Chapa [Sa Pa], 'Cochin China' [recte Tonkin], S. Masseyeff. (NHML, photo examined.)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis nashona chapa: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (N) (partim)
Neptis nashona chapa: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76–77. ('N: Sa Pa')

Notes

This is a mysterious taxon. Hitherto, only the single male holotype is known. I suspect that the type locality of this species might be incorrect. According to Lang (2012), the nominotypical subspecies is distributed on the Chinese side of Sapa. In addition, a population of what appears to be the nominotypical subspecies has recently been obtained from Lai Chau (close to Sapa), N. Vietnam. I suspect that ssp.chapa may be from S.E. China (e.g. Guangxi), and if in N. Vietnam, I assume the possibility of the most northeastern region (on the border with China), such as Ha Giang. Further taxonomic study is needed.

Literature

Eliot, J.N, 1969. An Analysis of the Eurasian and Australian Neptini (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology Supplement 15: 1–155, pls. 1–3.

Lang, S-Y, 2012. The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Part 1.
Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae.
Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, 456 pp., 32 col. + 41 b&w pls.

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