spilotia

3. Ssp. spilotia Rothschild, 1908³⁰⁾ [♂, ♀] (♂: 2 forms; ♀: 2 forms)

= tabuchii Hayami & Kobayashi, 1994¹⁷⁾ [♂, ♀] (Hong Kong)

(Distribution) [Map 117]

CHINA [Yunnan] Lijiang, Ruili, Cangyuan, Menglang, Menghai, Yunjinghong, Mengla, Luechun, [Sichuan] Chengdu, [Guizhou], [Hunan], [Guangxi Zhuangze Zizhiqu], [Hainan] Wuzhi Shan, Tongshi, [Guangdong] Leizhou Peninsula, Donghai Dao, Yunkai Dashan, Loufu Shan, [Hong Kong], [Fujian] Wuyi Shan.

(Episodes of discovery and original description)

Described by Rothschild in 1908 based on 1♂and 2♀♀collected in May 1905 on Hainan Island, China; no holotype, all syntypes.

(Characteristics)

Both sexes can be divided into dark and light forms base on the presence or absence of vein-stripes on FW.

(Spotted pattern)

♂: Many individuals have black discal spots on discal spaces on HW, ranging in number from one to six.

1.    Dark form: Ground color is glossy black without vein-stripes.
2.    Light form: Yellowish grayish-white vein-stripes on FW present mainly along V^2nd -V^4th.

♀: Only small yellow spot is present in the subcostal space of HW. Dark discal spots are often small and isolated.

1.   Dark form: Ground color dark brown without vein-stripe.
2.   Light form: All veins except V^1b have vein-stripes that reach the cell. Cell-spot covers about 1/3 of the tip of cell in an M-shape.