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

Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer 1909

( Figs. 119, 120 )

Libythea celtis formosana Fruhstorfer 1909c: 209 .

Libythea (Libythea) celtis var. formosana: Pagenstecher 1911: 5 .

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.).

Figures

FIGURES 117−132. Right dorsal and ventral wing surfaces of Libythea. The second image of each specimen shows the ventral surface of the wings. 117, 118. Libythea laius lepitoides Moore: ♂, India, Nilgiris, Conoor (BMNH); 119, 120. Libythea lepita formosana Fruhstorfer: Holotype ♂, Taiwan (BMNH); 121, 122. Libythea lepita amamiana Shirôzu: ♂, Japan, Okinawa, Nago (MTC); 123, 124. Libythea lepita amamiana Shirôzu: ♀, Japan, Okinawa, Shimajiri, Kitadaito−mura (TFC); 125, 126. Libythea lepita lepita Moore: ♂, Japan, Yamanashi, Hinoharu (AYK); 127, 128. Libythea lepita lepita Moore: ♀, Japan (BMNH); 129, 130. Libythea myrrha myrrha Godart: ♂, Indonesia, Java (BMNH); 131, 132. Libythea myrrha myrrha Godart: ♀, Indonesia, West Java (BMNH).