Neptis nashona tamamitsui  Saito & Inayoshi, 2014

Neptis nashona tamamitsui ♂ Up. Neptis nashona tamamitsui ♂ Un. Neptis nashona tamamitsui ♀ Up. Neptis nashona tamamitsui ♀ Un.
♂, 2012.05.04. Quang Son, Dak Nong, Vietnam.
Holotype (photo by K.Saito)
♀, 2003.01.02. Dambri, Lam Dong, Vietnam.
Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Neptis nashona tamamitsui Saito & Inayoshi,2014
OD : Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65:8, figs.41(HT,♂), 42(PT,♀).
TL : Quang Son, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. (♂, RIEB)
Distribution : Laos, C.Vietnam.
● ssp.aagaardi
ssp.chapa
ssp.kishii
ssp.tamamitsui
Neptis nashona tamamitsui Map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 04.May.2012. Quang Son, alt.900m, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. T.Saito leg. (RIEB, examined)
Paratypes : 5♂ 4♀, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito) ; 1♀, Quang Son, Dak Nong, C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Neptis nashona ssp. ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006b : 22, figs.N-52,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 37. (C: Lam Dong) (in part)
Neptis nashona aagaardi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):76-77, pl.49, figs.2d♀,2e♀(Un). (C: Lam Dong) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Nong : 1♂ 1♀ (type series).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 5♂ 4♀ (type series).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

Monastyrskii,2019 regarded all taxa of nashona in Vietnam as ssp.aagaardi, however the figured specimens in pl.49, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un) from N.Vietnam are Neptis cartica. We consider ssp.tamamitsui and ssp.kishii are valid subspecies.


Literature

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2014 : Some notes of Limenitidinae from Indochina.
Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65:4-19.


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