Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica Saito & Inayoshi, 2023

Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♂ Up. Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♂ Un. Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♀ Up. Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♀ Un.
♂, 2014.08.--. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Holotype ♀, 2021.04.--. Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype
Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♀ Up. Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♀ Un. Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica ♂ genitalia
♀, 2012.06.05. Dong Nai, Vietnam. Paratype ♂ genitalia, Lam Dong, Vietnam. Paratype

ON : Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica Saito & Inayoshi, 2023
OD : Butterflies 93:48, figs.87(HT,♂), 87v(HT,♂Un), 88(PT,♀), 88v(PT,♀Un), 91(♂genitalia).
TL : Loc Bac, Bao Lam, C.Vietnam. (RIEB)
Distribution : C. & S.Vietnam.
● ssp.archbaldi
ssp.vietnamica
transition zone of archbaldi and rufotaenia
ssp.rufotaenia
Drupadia rufotaenia vietnamica map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, Aug.2014. Loc Bac, alt.400m, Bao Lam, C.Vietnam, D.Van leg. (RIEB)
Paratypes : 1♂ 1♀, Lam Dong (Loc Bao; Dambri). (in coll. K.Saito) ; 3♀, Dong Nai (Thac Mai). (in coll. K.Saito)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Drupadia rufotaenia archbaldi ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2006d : 64, figs.L-115,♂,♀. (Dong Nai: Thac Mai)
Drupadia rufotaenia archbaldi ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 65. (C: Lam Dong / S: Dong Nai) (in part)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lam Dong : 2♂ 1♀ (Holotype and Paratypes).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Dong Nai : 3♀ (Paratypes).
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes

The butterfly is uncommon in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 50 - 850m).


Literature

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


2024.02.29.

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