Libythea geoffroyi pulchra Butler 1882

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Libythea geoffroyi pulchra Butler 1882

( Figs. 97–100 )

Libythea pulchra Butler 1882: 149 .

Libythea geoffroyi neopommerana Pagenstecher 1896: 149 . Fruhstorfer 1898: 170 [= pulchra ].

Libythea geoffroyi pulchra: Fruhstorfer 1898: 170 .

Libythea (Libythea) geoffroy [sic] var. pulchra: Pagenstecher 1901: 11 .

Libythea (Libythea) geoffroyi var. pulchra: Pagenstecher 1902: 2 .

Libythea geoffroy [sic] pulchra: Fruhstorfer 1909a: 53 .

Libythea geoffroy [sic] pulchre [sic] Motono 1993: 19.

Diagnosis. Libythea geoffroyi pulchra is most similar to L. g. howarthi based on the shape of the forewing. However, the male of L. g. pulchra has hindwing with an outer third that is bright orange patch on the hindwing dorsum, which is absent in L. g. howarthi. The female of L. g. pulchra is very unique, with a forewing dorsum that has an orange mark in the discal cell, and between M 3 and 1A + 2A, which is found in no other subspecies of L. geoffroyi .

Type Specimens Examined. HOLOTYPE: ♂, Papua New Guinea: Bismark Archipelago , New Britain ( BMNH) . Other Specimens Examined. (8♂, 1♀): PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Bismark Archipelago, New Britain ,

Keravat: 3♂, 10-XII-1968, R. Carver ( CAS). New Ireland: 1♂ ( BMNH) ; 1♂, I-1924, A. F. Eichhorn ( BMNH); 1♀ ,

II-1924, A. F. Eichhorn ( BMNH); 3♂ , XI-1923 - III-1924 ( BMNH). Distribution. Papua New Guinea: New Britain, and New Ireland .

Figures

FIGURES 85−100. Right dorsal and ventral wing surfaces of Libythea. The second image of each specimen shows the ventral surface of the wings. 85−86. Libythea geoffroyi genia Waterhouse: ♂, Australia, 14 km SE of Kalumburu (ANIC); 87, 88. Libythea geoffroyi genia Waterhouse: ♀, Australia, 14 km SE of Kalumburu (ANIC); 89, 90. Libythea geoffroyi geoffroyi Godart: ♂, Indonesia, Timor, Suai, Portug (BMNH); 90, 91. Libythea geoffroyi geoffroyi Godart: ♀, Indonesia, Timor, Suai, Portug (BMNH); 92, 93. Libythea geoffroyi philippina Staudinger: ♂, Philippines, Palawan (BMNH); 94, 95. Libythea geoffroyi philippina Staudinger: ♀, Philippines, Palawan (BMNH); 96, 97. Libythea geoffroyi pulchra Butler: ♂, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland (BMNH); 98, 100. Libythea geoffroyi pulcrha Butler: ♀, Papua New Guinea, New Ireland (BMNH).