<strong> Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) </ strong>
Author
Kawahara, Akito Y.
text
Zootaxa
2013
2013-03-22
3631
1
1
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3631.1.1
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3631.1.1
1175-5326
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Libythea geoffroyi alompra
Moore 1901
(
Figs. 79, 80
)
Libythea alompra
Moore 1901: 59–61
, pl. 394,
Figs. 4, 4a
.
Libythea
(
Libythea
)
geoffroyi
var.
alompra
:
Pagenstecher 1902: 2
.
Libythea geoffroyi alompra
:
Fruhstorfer 1903a: 294
.
Libythea geoffroyi alompra
ab
.
hauxwelli
:
Fruhstorfer 1903a: 294
[misidentification,
nomen nudum
].
Libythea geoffroyi alompra
:
Bingham 1905: 473
, 477.
Libythea geoffroy
[sic]
alompra
:
Fruhstorfer 1909a: 52
.
Libythea
(
Libythea
)
geoffroy
[sic] var.
alompra
:
Pagenstecher 1911: 6
.
Libythea
(
Libythea
)
geoffroy
[sic]
alompra
:
Nakahara & Kurosawa 1958: 141
.
Libythea geoffroy
[sic]
alompla
[sic]
Motono 1993: 18
.
Diagnosis.
Libythea geoffroyi alompra
is similar to other subspecies of
L. geoffroyi
,
but differs in that its forewing dorsum of male is with wide dark brown band along outer margin, as wide as half the length of CuA
2
; dark brown band separates blue proximal area from white subapical marks in cells Rs
4
, M
1
and M
2
.
Type Examined.
Libythea alompra
Moore 1901
,
HOLOTYPE
:
♂
,
Myanmar
:
Ataran Valley
, III-[18]94,
Hauxwell
(
BMNH
).
Other Specimens Examined.
(
28♂
):
CHINA
:
Sichuan
:
Bashan
,
Daba Shan Mountains
:
2♂
,
1600–1900 m
,
13-VII-1994
(
TFC
)
.
LAOS
:
Laos
,
Mekong Riv.
,
Haining
,
1♂
,
I-1920
,
Godfrey
(
BMNH
)
.
Tatom
,
1♂
,
4-IV-1932
,
A. Kerr
(
BMNH
)
.
MYANMAR
:
Ataran Valley
,
1♂
,
III-1925
,
W. H. Evans
(
BMNH
)
.
Kukyzda
,
1♂
,
I-1925
(
BMNH
)
.
Tilonphon
,
Nr. Thailand Bldg.
,
2♂
,
I-1925
(
BMNH
)
.
Thabya
,
1000 ft
[
305 m
],
1♂
,
12-IV-1925
, H. V. (
BMNH
)
.
THAILAND
:
Hinlap
,
2♂
(
BMNH
)
.
N.E. Thailand
,
Nakhaun
,
1♂
,
8-V-1932
,
A. Kerr
(
BMNH
)
;
Nakhon Ratchasima
,
Muaklek
,
1000 ft
[
305 m
],
11♂
(
BMNH
)
.
Pak Jong
:
1♂
:
VI-1969
,
F. Knapp
(
CVC
)
.
Prachuap
,
Paktawan
,
1♂
,
31-VIII-1931
,
A. Kerr
(
BMNH
)
.
Ratchaburi
:
2♂
(
CMNH
)
;
1♂
,
VI-1980
(
CMNH
)
.
Distribution.
Southern
China
,
Laos
,
Myanmar
, and
Thailand
.
Remark.
Only male specimens were obtained during this study, but
Igarashi & Fukuda (2000)
illustrated a female and that drawing was studied.