♂,2014.03. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Holotype (photo by K.Saito)		♀, 2017.02. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)
♂, 2017.02. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)		♀, 2016.01. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Simiskina vietnamica Saito & Inayoshi, 2023 OD : Butterflies 93:41,45, figs.54(HT,♂), 54v(HT,♂Un), 55(PT,♂), 55v(PT,♂Un), 56(PT,♂), 56v(PT,♂Un), 57(PT,♀), 57v(PT,♀Un), 58(PT,♀), 58v(PT,♀Un). TL : Da huai, near Da'Mri, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (RIEB) Distribution : C.Vietnam.

Holotype ♂, Mar.2014, Da Huai, near Da'Mri, Lam Dong, C. Vietnam, D.Van leg. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes: All specimens were collected in C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito, examined.)
13♂ 4♀, Lam Dong (Loc Tan; Loc Bac; Dambri) ; 2♀, Gia Lai (Kon Chu Rang) ; 1♀, Khanh Hoa (Hon Ba).

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Simiskina proxima dohertyi ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 49, fig.L-3,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Simiskina proxima dohertyi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 47. (C: Lam Dong)
Simiskina proxima dohertyi ; Yokochi et al.,2015 : 41. (Khanh Hoa: Hon Ba)

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Lam Dong : 14♂ 4♀ (Holotype and Paratypes).

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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1600m). Males are territorial in canopies before noon. Females are polymorphic.

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

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