Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1909

Kawahara, Akito Y., 2013, <strong> Systematic revision and review of the extant and fossil snout butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Libytheinae) </ strong>, Zootaxa 3631 (1), pp. 1-74 : 35-36

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Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1909
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Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1909

( Figs. 119, 120 View FIGURES 117−132 )

Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer 1909c: 209 View in CoL .

Libythea (Libythea) celtis var. formosana: Pagenstecher 1911: 5 View in CoL .

Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1914: 769 .

Libythea lepita formosana f. tamela Fruhstorfer 1914: 769.

Libythea celtis formosanus [sic] Bang-Haas 1926: 72 [unjustified emendation].

Diagnosis. Libythea lepita formosana is similar in appearance to the other subspecies of L. lepita , but can be distinguished because its orange forewing marks are small compared to that of L. l. lepita and L. l. amamiana.

Type Examined. Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer 1909 , HOLOTYPE: ♂, Formosa [ Taiwan], H. Fruhstorfer ( BMNH).

Other Specimens Examined. (222♂, 13♀): TAIWAN: 5♂ ( CMNH) ; 2♂, V-1972 ( USNM) . Nantou: Baikei : 3♂, 18-19-V ( CAS) . Horisha [Puli] : 2♂, 26-27-III-1908, A. E. Wileman ( BMNH) ; 3♂, 7-VI-1912? ( BMNH) ; 1♂ ( BMNH) ; 1♂, [1910], Matsumura ( BMNH) ; 2♂, Fruhstorfer ( BMNH) ; 12♂, L. Gressitt ( CAS) ; 1♂, 7-V-1909 ( USNM) ; 1♂, 18-VIII-1918 ( CMNH) ; 1♂, III-1934 ( CUIC) ; 4♂, 23-24-V-1934, L. Gressitt ( CAS) ; 5♂, 5-9-VI- 1934, L. Greissitt ( CAS) ; 1♂, 22-VIII-1947, L. Greissitt ( CAS) ; 157♂, 9♀, V-VI-1957 ( CAS) ; 2♂, VII-1979 ( CMNH) ; 6♂, 24-VII-1996, A. Y. Kawahara ( AYK) . Wushai [Jenai] : 1♀, 1450 m, V-1955 ( CAS) . Alishan , 7500 ft [2286 m] , 1♂, 1909, A. Moltrecht ( BMNH) . Kaohsiung: 6♂, 1♀, 24-VI-1999, M. Takahashi ( AYK) . Shanping : 1♂, 1♀, 11-20-V-1988, J. Rawlins, R. Young, R. Davidson ( CMNH) . Taichung: 1♂, 16-V-1962 ( USNM) ; 1♂, 1♀, 22-V-1962, P. T. Chang ( LACM) . Taipei: Muja : 3♂, VI-1954 ( USNM) .

Distribution. Taiwan.

Remarks. Only thirteen of the 235 specimens that were examined in the present study were female. Female specimens are quite rare in collections, and this may be due to the fact that they rarely puddle on the ground and are generally less active than males (Kawahara pers. obs.).

CMNH

The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

USNM

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History

CAS

California Academy of Sciences

CUIC

Cornell University Insect Collection

LACM

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Libythea

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Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1909

Kawahara, Akito Y. 2013
2013
Loc

Libythea celtis formosanus

Bang-Haas, O. 1926: 72
1926
Loc

Libythea lepita formosana

Fruhstorfer, H. 1914: 769
1914
Loc

Libythea lepita formosana

Fruhstorfer, H. 1914: 769
1914
Loc

Libythea (Libythea) celtis var. formosana:

Pagenstecher, A. 1911: 5
1911
Loc

Libythea celtis formosana

Fruhstorfer, H. 1909: 209
1909
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