Chelidonium violaceimembris Gressitt & Rondon, 1970 Figs 6-8

Chelidonium violaceimembris Gressitt & Rondon, 1970: 151, fig. 26 d.

Remarks.

This is a typical oriental species. Very common in Laos and Vietnam and should be common in South China too.

Distribution .

China (new country record): Hainan, Yunnan; Laos, Vietnam (new country record).

Specimens examined.

China, Yunnan Prov.: 1 female, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna, Menghun, alt. 1200-1400 m, 1968.V.22, leg. Yiran Zhang (IZAS). China, Hainan Prov.: 2 males, Hainan, Baisha county, Yinggeling, alt. 600-780 m, 2011.IV.27-30, leg. Wenhsin Lin (IZAS & CCCC); 1 male, Baisha county, Yinggeling, Yinggezui, 2011.IV.30, leg. Yiting Chung (CCCC); 1 male 1 female, Wuzhishan, Dengshandao (entrance), 18.90840°N, 109.67359°E, alt. 708 m, 2010.IV.10, leg. Kuiyan Zhang (IZAS); 1 female, Hainan, Wuzhishan, 2010.IV.9, leg. WenI Chou (CCCC); 1 male, same data but 2010.IV.7; 1 female, Hainan, Qiongzhong county, Limushanzhufeng, 19.17863°N, 109.75071°E, alt. 840 m, 2010.IV.6, leg. Meiying Lin (IZAS); 3 males, Jianfengling, 2010.IV.13, leg. Wenhsin Lin (CCCC). Vietnam, Vinh Phuc Prov.: 3 males 2 females, Tam Dao National Park, 2011.VI.12 (EVC). Laos, Vientiane Prov.: holotype, male, Phou Khao Khoay, 1040 m, 1965.V.31, leg. J. A. Rondon (BPBM, examined by E. Vives in 2007.).