Curetis tagalica vietnamica

Curetis tagalica vietnamica Inoué & Kawazoé, 1965


♂, 1962.03.25. Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)		♀, 1961.05.07. Trang Bom, Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)

♂, 1962.03.25. Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, Vietnam. Paratype (photo by K.Saito)		♂, Bolikhamxai, Laos. (photo by H.Onodera)

ON : Curetis tagalica vietnamica Inoué & Kawazoé, 1965
OD : Nature Life Southeast Asia. 4:339-341, pl.6,
figs.41(HT,♂),42(HT,♂Un),43(PT,♀),44(PT,♀Un).
TL : Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, S.Vietnam.

Distribution : E.Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.

	● ssp.jopa
	● ssp.vietnamica

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 22.Mar.1961. Dinh Quan, Dong Nai, S.Vietnam.
Paratypes :
1♀, 07.May.1961. Trang Bom, de Bien Hoa, S.Inoue leg. (examined) ; 2♂, 25.Mar.1962. Dinh Quan. S.Inoue leg. (examined)

Records taken from Literature

[ THAILAND ]
Curetis tagalica vietnamitica ; Kimura et al.,2014 : 45, figs.♂,♂(Un),♂,♂(Un). (Wan Nam Khiewo)

[ LAOS ]
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Motono & Negishi,1989 : 77, pl.109, figs.B1,♂,B2,♂(Un). (Nam Moh; Pakse; Ban Houei Sai; Vang Vieng)
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Osada, Uémura & Uehara,1999 : 219. pl.129, figs.♂,♂,♂,♂(Un). (Lak Sao; Vang Vieng)
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 56.
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Suwa et al.,2013 : 29. (Xebangfay; Thakhek; Nahin)
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Onodera,2022 : 100, pl.234, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Khammouan: Ban Lao; Thakhek; Nahin; Vientiane: Vang Vieng)

[ VIETNAM ]
Curetis tagalica labuana ; Eliot,1990 : 223. (S)
Curetis tagalica jopa ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (C)
Curetis tagalica vietnamica ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 48. (S: Dong Nai)

Specimens Examined

[ LAOS ]
Bolikhamxai : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Vientiane : 1♂ (photo by H.Onodera).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

[ VIETNAM ]
Dong Nai : 2♂ 1♀ (Paratypes).

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

Eliot,1990 regarded vietnamica as a synonym of ssp.labuana from Labuan Island, Borneo. However, the male of ssp.labuana has a more wider red area on the UpF and the ground color on the underside is more darker. Subsequently, Kimura et al.,2014 treated it as a distinct subspecies. The width of the black apical area is rather variable, but narrower than in ssp.jopa.

Literature

Inoué, S. & Kawazoé, A.,1965 : Riodinidae, Curetidae and Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera : Rhopalocera) from South Viet-Nam.
Nature and Life in Southeast Asia 4 : 317-394, 19 pls.

Eliot, J.N.,1990 : Notes on the Genus Curetis Hübner (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)
Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 41(4):201-225.

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