An annotated distributional checklist of Vespidae (Hymenoptera: Vespoidea) of India Author Gawas, Sandesh M. Author Kumar, Girish Author Pannure, Arati Author Gupta, Ankita Author Carpenter, James M. text Zootaxa 2020 4784 1 1 87 journal article 21800 10.11646/zootaxa.4784.1.1 4d93f591-1785-4eea-9b96-49b782137498 1175-5326 3862319 8D684A40-4102-4592-9084-7589B0B40028 234) Ropalidia colorata van der Vecht, 1941 Ropalidia colorata colorata van der Vecht, 1941: 111 , 151. Type data: Female, BMNH. Type locality: Peshawar , Pakistan . Ropalidia colorata var. sordida van der Vecht, 1941:154 . Type data: Female, MCZ. Type locality: Kullu , Himachal Pradesh , India . Ropalidia colorata sordida ; Das and Gupta, 1984: 417 . Distribution. India : Himachal Pradesh , Uttarakhand . Elsewhere : Pakistan . ( Das & Gupta 1989 , Kojima et al. 2007 , Kundu et al. 2010 , Girish Kumar et al. 2017 a , Rafi et al. 2017).