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Issue: Vol. 5293 No. 1: 19 May 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5293.1.7
Page range: 161-170
Abstract views: 306
PDF downloaded: 23

Four new subspecies of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) from Phu Quoc Island, southern Vietnam

Research Institute of Evolution Biology; 2-4-28 Kamiyoga; Setagaya-Ku; Tokyo; Japan
Vietnam National Museum of Nature; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Cau Giay; Ha Noi; Vietnam; Graduate University of Science and Technology; Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology; 18 Hoang Quoc Viet; Cau Giay; Hanoi; Vietnam
Lepidoptera Papilionidae Nymphalidae new subspecies holotype paratype

Abstract

We describe and illustrate four new subspecies of Papilionoidea butterflies which were collected from Phu Quoc Island, Kien Giang province, southern Vietnam between 2006 and 2017. These are papilionid Graphium antiphates matsui T. Saito & Vu subspec. nov.; Nymphalidae: Tanaecia julii duc T. Saito & Vu, subspec. nov.; Cynitia lepidea phuquoca T. Saito & Vu, subspec. nov.; and Bassarona teuta anh T. Saito & Vu, subspec. nov.

 

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