♀, 2015.05.08. Khanh Hoa, Vietnam. Holotype (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Cigaritis wakabayashii Saito & Hasegawa, 2017 OD : Butterflies 74: 48–49, figs.2(HT,♀), 3(HT,♀Un), 4–6, 9–10. TL : Mt.Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C.Vietnam. (RIEB) Distribution : C.Vietnam.

Holotype ♀, 08.May.2015. Mt.Hon Ba, alt.1540 m, Khanh Hoa, C.Vietnam. K.Wakabayashi leg. (RIEB)

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The species is quite unique and very rare, with only the holotype known until now.

Saito, K. & Hasegawa, T, 2017. A new species of Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from central Vietnam.
Butterflies, 74: 48–51.

Zhang, J, Cong, Q, Shen, J, Song, L. & Grishin, N.V, 2023. Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics.
The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 11(3): 1–93.

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