Dercas verhuelli verhuelli (van der Hoeven, 1839)


ON : Colias verhuelli van der Hoeven, 1839
OD : Tijdschr. nat. geschied. physiol. 5(4):341, pl.7, figs.3a♀, 3b♀(Un).
TL : 'Sina'.
Distribution : N.Vietnam, Guangxi, Hainan, Guangdong, Hong Kong to Zhejiang.
● ssp.doubledayi
ssp.verhuelli
ssp.parva
Dercas verhuelli verhuelli map


Synonyms

Dercas skertchlyi Nicéville, 1898 : Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)2(12):481. TL. Southern China (Hong Kong).
Dercas verhuelli ♀-form rufolineata Fruhstorfer, 1910 : in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 9: 160, pl.67c. TL. "Tonkin" [N.Vietnam]. (IFS)


Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Dercas skertehlyi ; Vitalis,1919 : 219. (Tonkin)
Dercas rufolineata ; Vitalis,1919 : 219. (Tonkin)
Dercas verhuelli f. ♂ verhuelli ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 21. (Tonkin)
Dercas verhuelli f. ♀ rufolineata ; Dubois & Vitalis,1921 : 21. (Tonkin)
Dercas verhuelli ; Lemée,1950 : 5. (Hagiang; Backan; Langson)
Dercas verhuelli verhuelli f. verhuelli ; Metaye,1957 : 86. (N)
Dercas verhuelli verhuelli f. ♀ rufolineata ; Metaye,1957 : 86. (N)
Dercas verhuelli verhuelli ; Monastyrskii,2024 : 106-108. (N: Hoang Lien; Ba Be; Na Hang; Dong Phuoc; Ba Vi; Tam Dao; Huu Lien; Cao Bang; Hoang Lien-Van Ban)


Notes

Monastyrskii (2024) treated the populations in central and northern North Vietnam as the nominotypical subspecies. Further taxonomic study is needed, including on the relationship with ssp.doubledayi.


Literature

van der Hoeven, J.,1839 : Buprestis daleni n. Sp., Papilio payeni Boisduv. en Colias verhuelli n. Sp.
Tijdschr. nat. geschied. physiol. 5(4): 338-343, pl.7-8.

Nicéville, L. de,1898 : A Revision of the Pierine Butterflies of the Genus Dercas.
Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (7)2(12): 478-484.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1910 : 2. Familie: Pieridae in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9
153-168. (2.Apr.1910)


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