New Species and Subspecies Discovered by AIRS
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Ravenna nivea miyagawai Katayama & Saito, 2011
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Para type ♂, Hon Ba, 3. v. 2011, T. Miyagawa leg. 2. ♀. Mt. Hon Ba, Y. Seki Col., (a. up, b. un).
Reference: Katayama, T., & Saito, K. 2011. Description of a subspecies of Ravenna nivea (Nire, 1920) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Lycaenidae) from Central Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (59): 8-10.
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Thermozephyrus kubotae Hasegawa & Saito, 2014
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype. ♂, Hon Ba, 27. iv. 2014, A. Kubota leg. 2. Para type ♀, Mt. Hon Ba, 2. v. 2014, A. Kubota leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: Hasegawa, T. & Saito, K., 2014. Description of two new species of the subtribe Theclina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Central Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (67): 4-11.
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Japonica yersini Hasegawa & Saito, 2014
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype. ♂, Hon Ba, 2. v. 2012, K. Saito leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: Hasegawa, T. & Saito, K., 2014. Description of two new species of the subtribe Theclina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Central Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (67): 4-11.
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Lethe sinorix hanhi Saito, 2015
Type locality: Loc Tan, Lam Dong, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Loc Tan, 6. x. 2006, K. Saito leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Quang Son, Dac Nong, 30. xii. 2011, K. Saito leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Enispe euthymius congi Saito, 2015
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Hon Ba, 16. viii. 2014, T. Yokochi leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Hon Ba, 3. v. 2011, T. Yokochi leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Euaspa forsteri haematites Hasegawa & Odagiri, 2015
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Hon Ba, 3. v. 2013, T. Hasegawa leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Hon Ba, 1. v. 2014, T. Miyagawa leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Arhopala comica ignorans Seki, 2015
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Hon Ba, 2. v. 2012, Y. Seki leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Hon Ba, 1. v. 2013, T. Hasegawa leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Arhopala ganesa elegantia Seki, 2015
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Hon Ba, 1. v. 2014, T. Miyagawa leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Hon Ba, 4. v. 2012, Y. Seki leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Arhopala paraganesa albicans Seki, 2015
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♂, Hon Ba, 4. v. 2014, T. Miyagawa leg. 2. Paratype ♀, Hon Ba, 3. v. 2010, K. Saito leg. (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Yokochi, Y. Seki, T. Hasegawa, T. Miyagawa, K. Saito, T. Katayama, T. Yamazaki, A. Kubota, K. Odagiri and V. V. Lien, 2015. Report of butterfly fauna in mount Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, Vietnam (2). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (70): 17-30.
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Cigaritis wakabayashii Hasegawa & Saito, 2017
Type locality: Mt. Hon Ba, Khanh Hoa, C. Vietnam.
Data: 1. Holotype ♀, Hon Ba, 8. v. 2015, K. Wakabayashi leg (a. up, b. un).
Reference: T. Hasegawa & K. Saito, 2017. A new species of Cigaritis Donzel, 1847 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from central Vietnam. Butterflies (Teinopalpus) (74): 48-51.
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