New taxa and new records of butterflies from Vietnam (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
Author
Monastyrskii, Alexander L.
0000-0001-7645-2458
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7645 - 2458 & Fauna & Flora International, Vietnam Programme, Ha Noi, Vietnam
Author
Lien, Vu Van
0000-0001-7645-2458
Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Ha Noi, Vietnam https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7645 - 2458 & vulien @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 2389 - 9402
vulien@gmail.com
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-08
5048
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486
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journal article
4048
10.11646/zootaxa.5048.4.2
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Aemona infuscata
Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 2008
stat. rev.
(
Figs. 11A, B
)
Aemona infiscata
Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 2008
was originally described as a subspecies of
A. tonkinensis
Rothschild, 1916
. The status of the latter taxon was established by
Devyatkin & Monastyrskii (2008)
showing that
A. amathusia
(Hewitson, 1868)
and
A. tonkinensis
are separate species.
Aemona infuscata
is smaller than
A. tonkinensis
. The hindwings are ochreous brown and darker than the forewings with faint submarginal lunules. The original description does not describe genitalia. However, since the description of
infuscata
, we have been able to examine the genitalia of many specimens and find that the phallus has a conspicuous, sclerotised rib, the centre of which bears a few spines (
Figure 11A, B
). In
A. infuscata
, only the distal margin of the clasper’s tip is covered by spines, while in
A. tonkinensis
spines cover around half of tip. This difference, in concert with differences in size and wing colouration demonstrate that
infuscata
should be elevated to the species level.