Four new subspecies of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) from Phu Quoc Island, southern Vietnam
Author
Tamamitsu, Saito
Author
Lien, Vu Van
Graduate University of Science and Technology, Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology, 18 Hoang Quoc Viet, Cau Giay, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Zootaxa
2023
2023-05-19
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.7
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Graphium antiphates matsui
T. Saito & Vu
subspec. nov.
Figure 3
Description:
Male. Upperside
. Compared to the nominate subspecies distributed in Indochina, southern
China
, the new taxon has a darker tinge of the wing pattern colouration. It also has smaller size and darker ground colour. The whitish area has slight creamy tint. Broad marginal and postdiscal black bands fused broadly at veins 2-4. Hindwing has the broad black marginal border and broad gray submarginal area extending to the apical portion. The features listed above are the main characters of the new subspecies.
Underside
. Generally, forewing pattern and colouration similar to that on upperside. The submarginal black bands on the hindwing are yellow-white strips exceed 2
nd
veins in most individuals.
Forewing length: J
36.2–41.3 mm
(n = 12, avg.
38.9 mm
).
Female
is unknown.
Diagnosis
. There are a number of distinctive features for subspecies of
G. antiphates
. For example, 1. Shape and size of black markings within discal cell and
postdiscal
and
marginal
bands on the upper surface of the forewing; 2. Ground color of upperside on both wings; 3. Size of gray dust subterminal area on the upperside of hindwing; 4.
Submarginal
blackish spots in cells 4 to 8 on the upper surface of hindwing.
FIGURE 3
.
Graphium antipates matsui
T. Saito & Vu
,
ssp. nov.
,
A–B—
HT J,
B—
Ditto underside;
C–D—
PT J same location as HT.,
C—
Ditto un.;
E—
J
G. a.
antiphates
(Cramer, [1775])
, Thac Mai Dong Nai, S. Vietnam,
F—
Ditto un.;
G—
J
G. a. atiphates
, Ba Ho, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam,
H—
Ditto underside.
The new subspecies may easily to be distinguished from other subspecies by the prominent broad gray subterminal border on the upperside of the hindwing which is extended from cell 2 to cell 7. In other subspecies the gray patch is usually restricted by cell 2-4. Upperside forewing with broad terminal and subterminal bands fuse at cell 3, while in other subspecies they are usually separated.
Type materials.
Holotype
(
HT
)
. J S.
Vietnam
,
Kien Giang province
,
Phu Quoc Is.
,
Cua Duong
commune,
Suoi Da Ban
,
29.XII.2015
,
T. Saito
leg.
Paratypes
(PT)
. 11J, from the same locality as HT; 1J
19.XI.2006
,
H. Matsui
leg., 2J
22.XI.2013
T. Saito
leg.,4J
29.IV.2014
T. Saito
leg.,1J
5.VII.2013
T. Saito
leg.,1J
3.III.2014
T. Saito
leg.,1J
27.XII.2014
T. Saito
leg.,1 J
1.VII.2015
T. Saito
leg.
Etymology
. The subspecific name is dedicated to Mr. Hiroshi Matsui who collected the specimen o
f this taxon for the first time.