♂, Vinh Phuc, Vietnam.		♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Bhagadatta austenia violetta Miyata & Yoshida, 1995 OD : Futao 20: 1–2, pl.1, figs.1(HT,♂), 2(HT,♂Un), 3(PT,♂), 4(PT,♀), 5(PT,♀Un). TL : Tam Dao, N.Vietnam. (RIEB) Distribution : N. to C.Vietnam. ● ssp.alistairi ● ssp.violetta

Holotype ♂, 16.May.1993, Tam Dao, 1500 m, N.Vietnam, T. Miyashita leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes: 1♂ 2♀, Tam Dao, N.Vietnam. (RIEB)

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Bhagadatta austenia violetta: Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41, figs.62,♂,62v♂(Un). (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)
Bhagadatta austenia montana: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 38. (N; C: to Lam Dong)
Bhagadatta austenia montana: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):95, pl.56, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un). (N: Kim Hy; Tam Dao; C: Pu Mat; Huong Son; Phon Nha Ke Bang; Kon Chu Rang; Saola; Ngoc Linh; Bi Doup Nui Ba)

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This taxon is similar to ssp.montana (Mell, 1923) from Guangxi and Guangdong. However, both sexes are large in size, and the male uppersides of both wings exhibit a vivid deep reddish-purple sheen.

Miyata, T. & Yoshida, T, 1995. A new subspecies of Bhagadatta austenia from Vietnam (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae).
Futao, 20: 1–2, pl. 1.

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, Czech Republic, 456 pp., 32 col. + 41 b&w pls.

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