taxonID	type	description	language	source
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	vernacular_names	(Chinese name: 圆 ¤ 妩ĭxŝ南亚ª)	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	description	urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: E 9 AA 6565 - 30 FB- 459 C- 8 ADD- 20 F 6732 A 1411 (Figs. 1 for adults, 2 for genitalia, 3 for diagnosis, 4 for distribution, 5 for phylogeny)	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: ♂, Jianfengling, Hainan, China, ca. 800 m, 20. XII. 2024, Z. Liu leg. (UPI 1; will be deposited at CMNH). Paratypes: 7 ♂♂, 8. I. 2025 for UPI 2 – 3, 5 – 6, 6. II. 2025 for UPI 4, 14. III. 2025 for UPI 7, 10. III. 2025 for UPI 8. 1 ♀, 10. III. 2025 for UPI 9. All Z. Liu leg. with same locality as the HT (CZL).	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	description	Description: Male. Upperside: Ground color purple blue with black margin. Forewing markings filled from base to postdiscal area. Hindwing markings similar but not extended to costa and dorsum with addition lunate spots present in submargin. Underside: background pale gray. Markings mostly dark gray. Forewing cell bar present; postdiscal spots irregular, running from spaces 1 b to 6, with an occasional spot sometimes in space 8; submarginal stripes continuous from spaces 1 b to 6, accompanied by separate marginal spots. Hindwing cell bar present; base adorned with four black subbasal spots in spaces 1, 1 a, 7, and cell; postdiscal spots rather irregular, located from spaces 1 b to 7 with a spot in space 7 black and larger; submarginal stripes wavy, with black marginal spots outside. Male Genitalia. Tegumen ill-developed, reduced to a narrow band with lower remnant slightly enlarged. Sociuncus paired, hairy, and elliptical, separated from tegumen by translucent lateral fenestrulae. Vinculum ventrally tapered, ending in a posterior triangular shape; vinculum hump simple, laterally straight and blunt. Valva more or less rectangle and robust, with small apical serrations. Juxa V-shaped. Phallus bent at ductus, less than a right angel, terminating in specialized structure of Chapman’s process; cornuti long and prominent.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new subspecies can be distinguished from all the other subspecies of U. placidula by (Fig. 3): Marginal black border on the upperside of the both wings is usually broader, leaving the blue submarginal lunules on the hindwing separated from the rest of the markings, rather than merged into one.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Endemic to Hainan Is., China.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The subspecific name is dedicated to Mr. Yutaka Inayoshi, the author of “ A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, ” who also provided taxonomic assistance to the first author over the years.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
0385A84EFFFAFF95FF3956C0FC2E4DFA.taxon	discussion	Variation. This new subspecies is variable to some extent in size, wing shape and pattern, and genitalia (Figs. 1 – 2). These variations are interpreted as individual variations due to the low genetic distance in COI and EF- 1 α (Fig. 5). Remarks. The female is identified by the molecular evidence (Figs. 1, 5). Since only one individual was available, the description and diagnosis for females are not provided.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe, Li, Jia-Ling (2025): A new subspecies of Udara placidula (Druce, 1895) from Hainan Island of China (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 5642 (6): 573-580, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5642.6.5
