Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda Saito & Inayoshi, 2014

Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♂ Up. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♂ Un. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♀ Up. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♀ Un.
♂, 2002.05.06. Sekong, Laos. Holotype
(photo by K.Saito)
♀, Sekong, Laos. Paratype
Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♂ Up. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♂ Un. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♀ Up. Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ♀ Un.
♂, Sekong, Laos. Paratype ♀, Sekong, Laos. Paratype

ON : Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda Saito & Inayoshi, 2014
OD : Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 65:7, figs.25(HT♂,♂Un), 26(PT♀,♀Un)
TL : Dak Chung, Sekong, Laos. (RIEB)
Distribution : S.Laos (Sekong), C.Vietnam.
● ssp.whiteheadi
ssp.esmeralda
Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 06.May.2002. Dak Chung, Sekong, S.Laos. (RIEB, examined)
Pararypes 4♂ 4♀, same locality as the holotype. (NHML; RIEB; in coll. K.Saito; Y.Inayoshi, examined)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Cynitia whiteheadi ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 39. (Quang Ngai) (in part)
Cynitia whiteheadi esmeralda ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 39. (C: Lam Dong)
Tanaecia whiteheadi ; Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(2):103-104, pl.59, figs.1a♀,1b♀(Un),1c♀. (C: Ba Na; Quang Ngai)


Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Sekong : 5♂ 4♀ (Holotype and Paratypes).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The populations of C.Vietnam are likely to be this taxon.


Literature

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


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