Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
Symbrenthia niphanda ♂ Up. Symbrenthia niphanda ♂ Un. Symbrenthia niphanda ♀ Up. Symbrenthia niphanda ♀ Un.
♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Symbrenthia niphanda Moore, 1872
OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872(2): 559.
TL : Sikkim, Himalayas,
Distribution : Nepal, India, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, China. 		Symbrenthia niphanda map
Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
'Symbrenthia niphanda ssp.: Osada et al.,1999 : 205, pl.51, fig.♂(Un). (Vang Vieng)'
'Symbrenthia niphanda ssp.: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 44.'

[ VIETNAM ]
Symbrenthia niphanda: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 32. (N)
'Symbrenthia niphanda: Monastyrskii,2019 : 4(1):114–115. (N: Hoang Lien) (partim)'

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Notes

The specimen from Laos shown in Osada, Uémura & Uehara (1999) is likely to be Symbrenthia hypselis. I tentatively treat this record as this species. However, confirmation of the specimen is necessary.

Literature

Moore, F, 1872. Descriptions of new Indian Lepidoptera.
Proceedings of the zoological Society of London, 1872(2): 555–583, pls. 32–34.

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