Athyma zeroca meinippus (Fruhstorfer, 1912)

Athyma zeroca meinippus ♂ Up. Athyma zeroca meinippus ♂ Un.
♂, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Pantoporia zeroca meinippus Fruhstorfer, 1912
OD : in Seitz, Grossschmett Erde 9 : 632.
TL : Chiem Hoa, "Tonkin" [N. Vietnam].
Distribution : N. Vietnam, SE. Yunnan.
● ssp.galaesus
ssp.meinippus
ssp.
Athyma zeroca meinippus map

Synonym

Pantoporia nefte asita ♀.forma. tenuifasciata Fruhstorfer, 1906 : Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien. 56(6/7):414. TL. Chiem-Hoa, "Tonkin" [N. Vietnam]. (IFS)


Type Materials Information

meinippus ; ♂, Type. (MNHN, photo examined)
tenuifasciata ; ♀, Type. (MNHN, photo examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Pantoporia zeroca meinippus ; Fruhstorfer,1912 : 632. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Pantoporia zeroca ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia tenuifasciata ; Vitalis,1919 : 230. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia zeroca f. galaesus ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin)
Pantoporia zeroca f.♀. tenuifasciata ; Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 41. (Tonkin: Chiem-Hoa)
Pantoporia zeroca galaesus ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Pantoporia zeroca galaesus f.♀. tenuifasciata ; Metaye,1957 : 96. (N)
Athyma zeroca meinippus ; Ikeda et al.,2000 : 36, figs.5:13,♂,14,♂(Un), fig.9:31(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma zeroca ; Luong et al.,2004 : 7, 64, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Athyma zeroca meinippus ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 35. (N)
Athyma zeroca meinippus ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):29-30. (N: Van Ban; Ba Be; Tam Dao; Cuc Phuong) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 2♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Yen Bai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Vinh Phuc : 1♂.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

This taxon is characterised by its large size, as in the nominotypical subspecies. The white subapical spots on the males tend to be reduced and often obscure. The females are only known to have an orange banded form.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1906 : Historisches und Morphologisches über das Genus Athyma und dessen Verwandte.
Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 56(6/7):384-434, 8 figs. (19.Oct.1906)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1912 : 6. Familie: Nymphalidae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
617-632. (15.Oct.1912)

Lang, S. Y.,2012 : The Nymphalidae of China (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera), Part I. Libytheinae, Danainae, Calinaginae, Morphinae, Heliconiinae, Nymphalinae, Charaxinae, Apaturinae, Cyrestinae, Biblidinae, Limenitinae.
Tshikolovets. Czech Rep. 456 pp, 32 col + 41 b/w pls, distribution maps.


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