ON : Elymnias hainana Moore, 1878 OD : Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3): 696. TL : Hainan. (NHML) Distribution : S.Yunnan, N. & C.Vietnam, Hainan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian, Taiwan. ● ssp.tinctoria ● ssp.hainana ● ssp.violetta ● ssp.meridionalis ● ssp.robinsona

Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana Fruhstorfer, 1902; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2): 271-272; TL: 'Tonkin [N.Vietnam]: Haiphong; Chiem-Hoa [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang]'. (NHML)
Elymnias nigrescens formosana Fruhstorfer, 1903; Deut. ent. Zeut. [Iris] 16(1): 17-18; TL: "Takau, Süd-Formosa" [Kaohsiung, Taiwan]. (NHML)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana ♀ forma typica Fruhstorfer, 1907; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3): 188; Loc: 'Haiphong, Tonkin [Haiphong, N.Vietnam]; Phuc-Son, Mittel Annam [Phuoc Son, Quang Nam, C.Vietnam]'. (IFS)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana ♀ forma depicta Fruhstorfer, 1907; Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3): 188; Loc: "Chiem-Hoa, Tonkin" [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam]. (IFS)
Elymnias hypermnestra septentrionalis Zhou & Huang, 1994; In: Chou, Monograph. Rhop. Sin. 1: 375, fig.♂, ♂(Un), ♀[♂], ♀[♂](Un); 2: 758. fig.27; TL: Nanning, Guangxi, China.

hainana ;
♂, Type (red), Rh5062, Hainan, Swinhoe, Godman-Salvin Coll. Bates Coll. (NHML, examined)
♀, Type (red), Rh5063, Hainan, Swinhoe, Bates Coll. Godman-Salvin Coll. (NHML, examined)
tonkiniana ;
♂, Type (red), Aug-Sep.1900, Chiem-Hoa, Central Tonkin. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), Nov.1899, Haiphong, Tonkin. (NHML, examined)
formosana ;
♂, Type (red), Sep.1-10, Takau, Formosa, Fruhstorfer Coll. (NHML, examined) ; ♀, Type (red), Formosa, Fruhstorfer coll. (NHML, examined)

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Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana: Fruhstorfer,1911 : 377. (Tonkin: Haiphon; C.Annam: Phuc Son)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana ♀ab.depicta: Fruhstorfer,1911 : 377. (Tonkin: Chiem Hoa)
Elymnias nigrescens: Vitalis,1919 : 225. (Tonkin)
Elymnias tonkiniana: Vitalis,1919 : 225. (Tonkin)
Elymnias depicta: Vitalis,1919 : 225. (Tonkin)
Elymnias migrescens [sic] f. tonkiniana: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (Tonkin; C.Annam)
Elymnias migrescens [sic] f. depicta: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 31. (Tonkin)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana: Lemée,1950 : 8. (Hagiang)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana: Metaye,1957 : 104. (N; C)
Elymnias nigrescens tonkiniana f.♀ depicta: Metaye,1957 : 104. (N)
Elymnias hypermnestra tonkiniana: Ikeda et al.,1999 : 53, fig.4:5,♂,6,♂(Un), fig.9:18(♂,genitalia). (Cuc Phuong)
Elymnias hypermnestra tonkiniana: Luong et al.,2004 : 3, 44, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Elymnias hypermnestra tonkiniana: Monastyrskii,2005 : 29-31, pl.4, figs.1a♂,1b♂(Un),1c♀. (N: Hanoi; Tam Dao; Cat Ba; Cuc Phuong; C: Ben En; Pu Hoat; Vu Quang; Ke Bang; Phong Dien; Bach Ma; Ba Na; Ngoc Linh)
Elymnias hypermnestra tonkiniana: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 20. (N; C)
Elymnias hypermnestra hainana: Wei et al.,2017 ; 96, figs.6, K♂,L♀,M♀(f. depicta),N♀(f. depicta). (Vietnam)

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Moore, F.,1878 : List of Lepidopterous Insects collected by the late R. Swinhoe in the Island of Hainan.
Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3): 695-708.

Fruhstorfer, H.,1902 : Neue und seltene Lepidopteren aus Annam und Tonkin und dem malayischen Archipel.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 14(2): 265-276, pl.5. (1.Mar.1902)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1903 : Eine neue Elymnias von Formosa.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 16(1): 17-19. (Oct.1903)

Fruhstorfer, H.,1907 : Monographie der Elymniinae.
Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 20(3): 157-252. (12.Ict,1907)

Chou, I. (Ed.), 1994. Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1 & 2.
Henan Scientific and Technological Publishing House, Zhengzhou, 854 pp.

Wei, C.H., Lohman, D., Peggie, D. & Yen, S.H.,2017 : An illustrated checklist of the genus Elymnias Hübner, 1818 (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).
Zookeys 676: 47-152.

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