Aporia kuangtungensis josephi Hu & Zhang, 2024

Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♂ Up. Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♂ Un. Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♀ Up. Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♀ Un.
♂, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito) ♀, Lao Cai, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)
Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♀ Up. Aporia kuangtungensis josephi ♀ Un.
♀, Ha Giang, Vietnam. (photo by K.Saito)

ON : Aporia kuangtungensis josephi Hu & Zhang, 2024
OD : in Hu et al, Insects 15(998): 18-20, figs.18A(HT,♂), 18B(PT,♂), 18C(PT,♂), 18D(PT,♀), 18E(PT,♀), 18F(PT,♀), 19(♂genitalia), 20(♀genitalia).
TL : Goujie, Yiliang, Kunming, Yunnan, China. (KIZ)
Distribution : C. to E.Yunnan, N.Vietnam.
Aporia kuangtungensis josephi map

Type Materials Information

Holotype ♂, 10.May.2018, Goujie (2400m), Yiliang, Kunming, Yunnan, China. (KIZ)
Paratypes : 8♂ 11♀, Yunnan (Wenshan; Chuxiong; Kunming; Qujing; Honghe; Funing), China ; Vietnam: 1♂, Ha Giang ; 1♂, Sapa, Lao Cai. (KIZ ; in coll. S.J.Hu)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Aporia gigantea ; Funahashi,2003 : 16. (Hajiang)
Aporia gigantea ssp. ; Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 16. (N: Ha Giang; Lao Cai)
Aporia gigantea gigantea ; Inayoshi,2009 - 2022 : Butterflies in Indo-China, figs.1♂ 2♀. (Ha Giang; Lao Cai) (31.May.2022 last updated ; 30.Apr.2025 changed.)
Aporia largeteaui ssp. ; Monastyrskii,2024 : 47-48, fig.12A-C(♂genitalia),D(♀genitalia), pl.11, figs.1a(♂),1b(♂Un),1c(♂),1d(♂Un),1e(♂),1f(♂Un),1g(♂),1h(♂Un),1i(♀),1j(♀Un). (N: Hoang Lien; Dong Van)


Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Ha Giang : 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec

Lao Cai : 1♂ 1♀.
JanFebMarAprMayJun JulAugSepOctNovDec


Notes
Literature

Hu, S.J., Jia, Y.Q., Zhang, X., Hsu, Y.F., Monastyrskii, A.L., Vu, V.L., Ge, S.X., Duan, K., Jiang, Z.H., Sbordini, V. & Wang, M.,2024 :
Disentangling taxonomic confusions in the Aporia agathon group using mitochondrial genomic data (Lepidoptera: Pieridae).
Insects 15(998): 1–46.


2025.04.30.

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