Aporia agathon bifurcata  Tytler, 1939

Aporia agaton sapaensis ♀ Up. Aporia agaton sapaensis ♀ Un.
♀, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Aporia agathon bifurcata Tytler, 1939
OD : J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):240.
TL : Loimwe, S.Shan States. (NHML)
Distribution : Myanmar (Shan States), N.Vietnam.
● ssp.bifurcata
ssp.
Aporia agathon bifurcata map

Synonym

Aporia agaton sapaensis Funahashi, 2003 : Wallace 8:6, pl.2, figs.n.5(HT,♂),(HT,♂Un),n.6,(PT,♀). TL. Sapa, "LaoCai" {Lao Cai], N.Vietnam. (♂, in coll. A.Funahashi)


Type Materials Information

bifurcata ;
Holotype ♂, Loimwe. (NHML) ; Yoshino,2015 : figs.11,♂, 12,♂(Un).
Paratype ♀, Loimwe. (NHML) ; Yoshino,2015 : figs.13,♀, 14,♀(Un).
sapaensis ;
Holotype ♂, Jun.1992. Sapa, LaoCai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)
Paratype : ♀, Jun.1992. Sapa, LaoCai, N.Vietnam. (in coll. A.Funahashi)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Aporia agathon f. agathon ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 18. (Tonkin: Chapa)
Aporia agathon agathon ; Metaye,1957 : 85. (N)
Aporia agathon ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Lao Cai: Sapa)
Aporia agathon sapaensis ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 16. (N: Lao Cai)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Lao Cai : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes
Literature

Tytler, H.,1939 : Notes on some new and interesting butterflies chiefly from Burma. pt.1.
J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 41(2):235-252.

Funahashi, A.,2003 : Description of a new subspecies of Aporia agathon Gray, 1832 from Sapa, N.Vietnam.
in Butterflies of Vietnam part.2., Descriptions of 19 New subspecies of Butterflies from Vietnam.
Wallace 8:6, pl.2.

Yoshino, K.,2015 : Notes on Aporia agathon (Gray) (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) from N.E.India, West China and North Vietnam.
Butterfly Science 2:25-28.


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