♂, 2014.10.11. Lam Dong, Vietnam. (Holotype) | ♀, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (Paratype) | ||
♂, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. (Paratype) | ♀, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam. (Paratype) | ||
♂, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (Paratype) | ♂ genitalia, Lam Dong, Vietnam. (Holotype) |
ON :
Virachola vietnamica Saito & Inayoshi, 2024 OD : Butterflies 94:8,12, figs.23(PT,♂),23v(PT,♂Un), 24(PT,♀), 24v(PT,♀Un), 25(HT,♂), 25v(HT,♂Un), 26(PT,♀), 26v(PT,♀Un), 28a-c(♂genitalia), 29a-c(♂genitalia), 34h-j(♂brand). TL : Da Huai, Da'Mri, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. (RIEB) Distribution : C.Vietnam.
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Holotype ♂, 11.Oct.2014, Da Huai, 450m, Da'Mri, Lam Dong, C.Vietnam. Dang Van leg. (RIEB, examined.)
Paratypes. All paratypes were obtained from C.Vietnam. (in coll. K.Saito)
3♂ 1♀, Bach Ma, Thua Thien Hue ; 1♂, Ba Na Hills, Da Nang ; 1♂, Chu Yang Sin, Dak Lak ; 25♂ 5♀, Lam Dong (Loc Tan ; Da To ; Bao Loc ; Dai Lam ; Da Huai ; Di Linh).
[ VIETNAM ]
Virachola sp. ; Miyazaki, Saito & Saito,2007c : 40, fig.L-158,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
[ VIETNAM ]
Dak Lak : 1♂ (Paratype).
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The butterfly is locally not rare in montane forests at low to moderate elevations (Alt. 450 - 1450m).
In September 2021, an individual thought to be Virachola vietnamica was photographed by Thianchai Laola in Lampang, N. Thailand.
It is quite similar to the nominotypical subspecies.
Whether this is the rainy season form of ssp.laolai or the nominotypical subspecies needs to be examined by specimens.
Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.
Saito, K. & Inayoshi, Y.,2024 : Descriptions of four new species and two new subspecies of Lycaenidae from Thailand and Vietnam.
Butterflies 94:4-14.
? Virachola vietnamica ssp. | |
♂, Lampang, Thailand. (photo by T.Laola) |
2024.09.30. |