NOTES ON SOME DANAID FROM GUANGDONG AND (: RHOPALOCERA)

OKANOMasao and OKANOTetsuo

In recent years, the knowledge on the. Danaid fauna of South’East Asia has bee・・em・・k・bly・d・qnced by M・RlsHITA(1977・1981).・.h・W・ve・・中・・e・till・erP・i・ some questions on the fauna ot the Tnainland of apd .. the . island of Hainap. In this small paper we add a fqw novelties to several of Danaidae from Guangdong (=Kwantung) and Hainan. Before goirig further we・wish to express our hearty thanks to Dr. T. SHiROzu for his kindness rendered in various ways; thanks are also’ due to-Mr. S. KolwAyA, Mr. S. KAMMuRI and T. SuzuKI for their assistance in securing materials,

Ideopsis vulgaris contigua (TALBoT, 1939,)

(PL 1,’ figs. 1, 5, 9)

Danaus vulgaris: TALBoT, 1943: 147. Hainan.

Dana”s vulgaris: TALBoT, 1947: 52. Hainan.

Radena vulgaris contig. ua: MoRi$mTA, 1970: 68, .Hainan.

ldeopsis vulgaris conti’ №浮=F MQRiSmTA, 1981: 504, 505. Hainan.

Guangzhou, Guangdong:.2 9, August, 1980. This is the first record of the species from the continent of China and the

northernmost record of the distribution of the species. M6reover, we have examined the following Hainan specimens.

Tiaomengshan, Hainan: 1 6 1 9, December, 1980.

Hainan: 2 6 2 9, January, 1981.・

Euploea sylvester hopei C. & R. FELDER,一 1865

(Pl. 2, figs. 1, 5, 6)

Euploea (StictoPloea) harrisi bin’otata: JoicEy & TALBoT, 1924: 536. 2 6 2 9, Hainan.’ E”ploea (Stictoplbea) dufresne hopei: HuLsTAERT, 1931: 138. Hainan.

Euploea sylvestor [sic]: SmR6zu, 1960: 118, text-fig. 146. S. China; Hainan.

Tiaomepgshan, Hainan: 2 S, November, 1980.

1) Laboratory of .Biology, College of Humanities and Social・Scienses, lwate Univereity. 2) Laboratory of Silviculture. Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University. ’

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1・thi・$ρゆ←n㌻h・f・t・wi・9 P・stdi串cal・p・t$,・・e.・educed tO tw・・n…nth。 upper surface. ’ D .. . .1. i., Jo1cEy & TApBoT (19,2,’.4) recorded・ two lnales and two fe;pales of the subspecies by the name. of binbtat4.(a .of hopeのfrom Hainan}and SHIR6zu(1960) figured the distribution map of the species extending to S. Chi’na and Hainan, but

MORIsHITA. (1977, 1981).omitted these districts from the range of the species.

Euploea tglliolus hainana (HOLLAND, 1887)

(Pl. I l figs. 2-4, 6-8, 6 9)

Ca.lliploea ledereri var. hainana HoLLAND, 1887: 113. 6 9, Hainan. Euploea dehaani minorata: FRuHsToRFER (nec MooRE), 1910: 262. Hainan. Euploea (Salpinx) deha’ani hainana: JoicEy & TALBoT, 1924: 537. 21 6 5 9, Hainan.

Euploea dehaanit hainana: HuLsTAERT, 1931:’ 165. Hainan. Salpinx dehaanii hainana: BRyK, 1937: 378. Hainan. EupJoea tulliolus:SHIR6zu,1960=117, text・fig.144,[S. China;.Hainanコ. hainana: MoRisHiTA, 1977: 43. Hainan. Euploea tulliolus hainana: MoRismTA, 1981; 580. Hainan.

Tiaomengshan, Hainan: 1 6 2 9, November, 1980; 2 6 3 9, December, 1980; 1 6 1 9, January.

Hainan: 2 6 2 9, January, 1981; 1 9, February, 1981; 1 6, March, 1981.

fylORISHITA (1977) says, “subsp, hainana is similar to subsp. dehaani, but the spots are wanting around the forewing cell”. ln the specimens of hainana mentioned above, however, the forewing is marked with a distal cell spot and from two to five postdiscal spots on the upper surface. The Hainan specimens are almost identical with those of dehaani from S. figured by MORIsHITA (1970, 1977) except the slightly smaller submarginal spots, but can not be separable from those from N. E.・ figured by PINRATANA (1977) under the name of dehaani. Consequently we have some doubts about the subspecific separation between dehaani and hainana.

Euploea klugii minorata (MooRE, 1878)

(Pl. 2, figs. 2-4, 6-8,. 6 9)

Salpinx minorata MooRE, 1878: 695. 6, Hainan.

SaFPinx nggleyana Ho-AND, 1887: 112, pl. 1, fig. 2, 6. 6 g, Hainan.

Euploea leucostic(os negleyana: FBuHsToRFER, 1910: 262. Hainan.

EupJoea leucostictos negleyana f. leucostictina’ eRuHsToRFER, ’1911: 277. Euploea (Salpinx) le”costictos ininorata: JoicEy & TALBoT, 1924.: 537. 9 6 6 9, Hainan.

Euploea. (Salpinx) leucostictos minorata f. lqucostictina: JoicEy & TALBoT, 1924: 537.

Hainan. Euploea (Salpinx) leucostictos minorata: HuLsTAERT, 1931: 165. Hainan. Euploea (Salpinx) leucostictos minorata f. leucostictina: HuLsTAERT, 1931: 165. Hainan. OKANo. M. & T.: Notes on some Danaid butterflies 143 ,

Salpinx leucostictos negleyana: BRyK;’ 1937: 401. Hainan. Salptnx leucostictos negleyana f. leucostictina: BRyK, 1937: 401. Hainan.’

Euploea klugii minoratq: MoRisHiTA, 1977: 49. Hainan. EuPloea klugii minorata: MoBisHiTA, 1981: 591. ? S. E. China; Hainan.

Guangzhou, Guangdong,.2 6, July, 1980.・ ” 一 ・. This is probably the first record of E. lelugii from the continent of China.

Moreover, we have examined the following Hainan specimens. Tiaomengshan, Hainan; 4 9, Noverhber, 1980; 3 6, December, 1980.

Hainan: 1 6 3 9, January, 1981; 2 6 1 9, February, 1981. In the specimens of subsp. minorata mentioned above, the forewing is.marked with a distal cell spot and from three to five postdiscal spots besides two rows of submarginal and antemarginal spots. AmQng. our specimens we couid not’ @find f. leucostictina.

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(text-fig,2), but the phallus is more strongly .bent as MoRlsHITA(1977) has already D .,..’ Artes Libgrales .・ ・’ ・ No.37, 1985 144 ’@’ D. pointed out. Moreover, the saccuS is much.shorter than . the valva, .・while’in leucostictos both the ’orgqrts are nearly equal ・in length.

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interior of the island 6f Hainan..Proc. Zool. $oc. ’Lond., 1900: 505-5;1, pl. ’35.

FRuHsToRFER, H. 1910-1911. Danaidae. ln SEiTz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde,’9:

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HopLAND, W. J, 1887. Notes upon a small collectiop of Rhopalocer’ =@made by Rev. B.C. 聖駕盤i写糊。㍗i1臨iご麗e ptio平sof some apPr「en‘’y neW spec’es・

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Explanation of Plates

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Fig. December, 1980. Euploea tulliol”s hainana HoLLAND, 6. Tiaomengshan, Hainan,

Fig. December, 1980. Euploea tulliolus hainana HoLLAND,・ 9. Tiaomengshan, Hainan,

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