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Issue: Vol. 5613 No. 2: 27 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.12
Page range: 386-400
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Taxonomic notes on certain species in the subgenus Limbusa Moore of the genus Euthalia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Limenitinae) from China and adjacent countries

Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Museum Koenig; Adenauer Allee 127; Bonn 53113; Germany.
Institute of Plateau Biology of Xizang Aotonomous Region; Lhasa; Xizang; China.
South Taibai Road 2#; Xian 710071; Shaanxi; China.
College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; Yunnan; China."
Lepidoptera Himalaya Indochina taxonomy Adoliadini genitalia

Abstract

The taxonomy of certain species of the subgenus Limbusa Moore, 1897 of the genus Euthalia Hübner, 1819 from China is updated. Euthalia bellula uedai Yokochi, 2009 stat. rev. is resurrected from the synonym of E. monbeigi Oberthür, 1907 and restored as a valid subspecies of E. bellula Yokochi, 2005. The relationship between E. monbeigi and E. yunnanica Koiwaya, 1996 is discussed. Euthalia tsangpoi H. Huang, 1999 is downgraded to be a subspecies of Euthalia duda Staudinger, 1886, viz. E. duda tsangpoi stat. nov. In addition, the females of Euthalia mingyiae H. Huang, 2002 and E. thawgawa wuzhenjuni H. Huang, 2021 are reported for the first time.

 

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How to Cite

Huang, S.-Y., Xu, Y.-Q., Lu, D. & Lu, F. (2025) Taxonomic notes on certain species in the subgenus Limbusa Moore of the genus Euthalia Hübner (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Nymphalidae, Limenitinae) from China and adjacent countries. Zootaxa, 5613 (2), 386–400. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5613.2.12