Athyma kanwa lamdongensis Saito & Inayoshi, 2023

Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♀ Un.
♂, 2006.10.06, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Holotype ♀, 2009.04.07, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype
Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♂ Up. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♂ Un. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♀ Up. Athyma kanwa lamdongensis ♀ Un.
♂, 2002.12.31, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype ♀, 2003.09.19, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype

ON : Athyma kanwa lamdongensis Saito & Inayoshi, 2023
OD : Butterflies 93: 38, figs.30(HT,♂), 30v(HT,♂Un), 31(PT,♀), 31v(PT,♀Un).
TL : Loc Tan, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (RIEB)
Distribution : C. to S.Vietnam.
● ssp.phorkys
● ssp.supati
● ssp.lamdongensis
● ssp.kanwa
Athyma kanwa lamdongensis Map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 6.Oct.2006, Loc Tan, alt. 1200m, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. K. Saito leg. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes: All specimens were collected at Lam Dong, C.Vietnam, (examined.)
2♂, Loc Tan (in coll. K. Saito) ; 1♂ 3♀, Dambri, Bao Loc. (in coll. K. Saito) ; 1♀, Suoi Lanh, Di Linh. (in coll. K. Saito)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
'Pantoporia kanwa f. phorkys: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Annam; Cochinchine)'
Athyma kanwa phorkys: Metaye,1957 : 96. ('C'; S)
Athyma kanwa phorkys: Miyazaki et al.,2006b : 22, figs.N-67,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri; Dai Duc Me)
Athyma kanwa phorkys: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (S) (partim)
Athyma kanwa phorkys: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):24–25, pl.36, figs.1a♂,1b♀,1c♀(Un). (C: Bao Lam; Loc Bao; S: Cat Loc; Nghia Trung) (partim)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Di Linh : 1♀ (Paratype).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lam Dong : 4♂ 3♀ (Holotype and Paratypes).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is locally not uncommon in forests at moderate elevations (850–1,200 m a.s.l.).


Literature

Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y, 2023. Descriptions of new species and new subspecies of Nymphalidae and Lycaenidae from Thailand and Vietnam.
Butterflies, 93: 31–50.


2024.02.29.

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