Abisara echerius echerius

Abisara echerius echerius (Stoll, 1790)


♂ (wsf), Bac Giang, Vietnam.

ON : Papilio echerius Stoll, 1790
OD : Aanhangsel Werk, Uitl. Kapellen (4): 140–141, pl.31, figs.1, 1A, 1B.
TL : "China".

Distribution : N.Vietnam, Hong Kong, SE.China.

	● ssp.paionea
	● transition zone of echerius and paionea
	● ssp.echerius

Synonyms

Papilio odin Fabricius, 1793; Ent. syst. 3(1): 56–57; TL: "China".
Sospita lydda Hewitson, [1866]; Ill. exot. Butts 3(57): [104], pl.[52], fig.13; TL: Hong Kong.
Abisara echerius tonkinianus Fruhstorfer, 1904; Berl. ent. Z. 48(4): 285; TL: "Montes Mau-Son, N.Tonkin" [Mau Son Mt., Lang Son, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)

Records taken from Literature

[ VIETNAM ]
Abisara echerius tonkinianus: Fruhstorfer,1914 : 781. (Tonkin: Manso Mts.)
Abisara tonkinianus: Vitalis,1919 : 235. (Tonkin)
Abisara echerius: Lemée,1950 : 17. ('Hagiang; Langson; Backan')
Abisara echerius tonkinianus f. vern. tonkinianus: Metaye,1957 : 92. (N)
Abisara echerius echerius: Callaghan,2009 : 70, figs.21,♂,♂(Un),22,♀,♀(Un). (N: Tonkin; Song Chai; Haut Lon Ca; Tam Dao; Bien Hoa: Bai Tu Long)
Abisara echerius echerius: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 46. (N: Lang Son and northern areas near Chinese border)

Specimens Examined

[ VIETNAM ]
Bac Giang : 1♂.

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Notes

According to Callaghan (2009), there are specimens from Tam Dao and north of Hanoi that appear to be intermediate between ssp.echerius and ssp.paionea. Monastyrskii & Devyatkin (2015) restricted the distribution range of ssp.echerius to Lang Son and northern areas near the Chinese border. I tentatively follow them. Further taxonomic and distributional studies are needed.

Literature

Stoll, C, 1790. Aanhangsel van het Werk, de Uitlandsche Kapellen, voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Africa en America, door den Heere Pieter Cramer, vervattende naauwkeurige Afbeeldingen van Surinaamsche Rupsen en Poppen; als mede van veele zeldzaame en nieuwe ontdekte uitlandsche Dag- en Nagt-Kapellen.
Nic. Th. Gravius, Amsteldam, (4): 121–146, pls. 25–32. (1790)

Fabricius, J.C, 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus.
Christian Gottlieb Proft, Fil. et Soc., Hafniae, 3(1): [vi] + 488 pp.

Hewitson, W.C, [1866]. Illustrations of new species of exotic Butterflies, selected chiefly from the Collections of W.Wilson Saunders and William C. Hewitson.
John Van Voorst, London, 3(57): [49–50], [91–92], [103–104], [119–120], pls. [25], [46], [52], [60]. ([6.Feb.1866])

Fruhstorfer, H, 1904. Verzeichniss der in Tonkin, Annam und Siam gesammelten Nemeobiinae und Libythaeinae und Besprechung verwandter Formen.
Berliner entomologische Zeitschrift, 48(4): 274–296. (Jan.1904)

Fruhstorfer, H, 1914. 7. Familie: Erycinidae, B. Unterfamilie: Riodinini. In: Seitz, A. (Ed.), Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde.
Alfred Kernen, Stuttgart, 9: 767–784. (14.Apr.1914)

Bennett, N.H, 1950. A Revision of the echerius group of the Genus Abisara Felder (Rhop. Riodinidae).
Entomologist, 83(1): 1–9, (2): 34–42.

Callaghan, C.J, 2009. The Riodinid Butteflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera).
Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society, 63(2): 61–82. 64 figs.

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