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, Uémura & Uehara,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, pl.27, figs.3a♂,3b♂(Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Dong Van)


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
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1872(2):555-583, pl.32-34.


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