Two new species of Lycaenídae

[hewi]

1. Rapala huangi, TL: C. Nepal, Godavari

2. Rapala aenigma, TL: N. Vietnam, Sa Pa, Lao Cai P.


NAKAMURA, N. & SEKI, Y.: "Reexamination of Rapala nissa (Lycaenidae, Lepidoptera)
                                         and related taxa."

in: Butterflies, , No. 76, 31-12-2017, p. 4-14, 11 fig., 1 map

[Adam Cotton]

Here's a summary of the updated classification adopted in this paper:

Rapala nissa (Kollar, [1844])
ssp. nissa
= ranta Swinhoe 1897, syn. n.
= nissoides Swinhoe, 1915, syn. n.
= haniae Huang, 2001, syn. n.
= micans (Bremer & Grey, 1853), syn. n., range: NW India, Nepal, Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and continental China;
ssp. hirayamana Matsumura, 1926, range: Taiwan,
ssp. pahangana Pendlebury and Corbet, 1933, range: Malay Peninsula.
Rapala palamera Fruhstorfer, [1912] stat. n.
Range: Sumatra.
Rapala odiosa Fruhstorfer, [1912] sp. incertae sedis
Range: Java
Rapala huangi sp. n.
Range: NW India, Nepal, SE Tibet, Yunnan and Kachin St. of Myanmar.
Rapala aenigma sp. n.
Range: N. Vietnam.