Lethe chandica suvarna Fruhstorfer, 1908


ON : Lethe chandica suvarna Fruhstorfer, 1908
OD : Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9): 38.
TL : "Chiem Hoa, Tonkin" [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam]. (NHML)
Distribution : S.Yunnan, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Hainan, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zheijiang.
● ssp.chandica
● ssp.suvarna
● ssp.namura
Lethe chandica chandica map


Synonyms

Lethe chandica suvarna forma suvarna Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9): 38; TL: "Chiem Hoa, Tonkin" [Chiem Hoa, Tuyen Quang, N.Vietnam].
Lethe chandica suvarna forma rahula Fruhstorfer, 1908; Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9): 38; TL: "Montes Mauson, Tonkin" [Mau Son Mt., Lang Son, N.Vietnam].


Type Materials Information

suvarna ; Syntype ♂, #141534, Aug.-Sep., Chien Hoa, Central Tonkin.(NHML)
rahula ; Syntype ♂, Apr.-May., Montes Mauson, Tonkin.


Records taken from Literature

[ LAOS ]
Lethe chandica suvarna: Osada et al.,1999 : 210, pl.91, fig.♂. (Vieng Xai)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Uémura,2003 : 4, fig.28 map, fig.39,♂. (Vieng Xai; Lak Sao)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Nakamura & Wakahara,2012 : 48.

[ CAMBODIA ]
Lethe chandica suvarna: Monastyrskii et al.,2011 : 128. (Phnom Samkos W.S.)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Kosterin,2020 : 331. (Pursat)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Chartier & Kosterin,2022 : 115. (Pursat)

[ VIETNAM ]
Lethe suvarna: Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Tonkin)
Lethe rahula: Vitalis,1919 : 223. (Tonkin)
Lethe chandica f. suvarna: Dubois & Vitalis,1924 : 29. (Tonkin: Chiem-Hao [Chiem-Hoa])
Lethe chandica suvarna f.aest. survana: Metaye,1957 : 103. (N)
Lethe chandica suvarna f.hib. rahula: Metaye,1957 : 103. (N)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Luong et al.,2004 : 4, 47, figs.♂,♂(Un). (Cuc Phuong)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Monastyrskii,2005 : 57-58, pl.15, figs.2a♂,2b♂(Un),2c♂(dsf.Un). (N: Tam Dao; Ba Be; Ba Vi; Cuc Phuong; C: Pu Mat; Ngoc Linh)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Miyazaki et al.,2006c : 31, figs.S-16,♂,♀. (Lam Dong: Dambri)
Lethe chandica suvarna: Monastyrskii & Devyatkin,2015 : 22. (N; C)


Notes

The population in western Cambodia is likely to be the nominotypical subspecies. Re-confirmation is required.


Literature

Fruhstorfer, H.,1908 : Neue ostasiatische Rhopaloceren.
Ent. Wbl. (Insektenborse) 25(9): 37-38. (5.Mar.1908)


1998.12.18 - 2025.02.28.

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