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Taxonomy
Daphnusa ailanti (Boisduval, 1875)
Nomenclature
Species:
Daphnusa ailanti (Boisduval, 1875)
Usage:
valid
Reference:
Type data:
HOLOTYPE ♂ "Hong Kong" [Indonesia: Sulawesi, Minahassa] (Lorquin) [CMNH ]. Although Boisduval stated that his specimen was obtained from a pupa found by Lorquin at the foot of an Ailanthus glandulosa tree in Hong Kong, the true type locality was probably the Minahassa District of Sulawesi [Utara], where Lorquin had also collected (Jordan, 1938, Novit. zool. 41: 130).
Taxonomic Notes:
Transferred to Daphnusa by Butler, 1876, Trans. zool. Soc. Lond. 9: 628. Synonymized with Daphnusa ocellaris as a subspecies by Rothschild & Jordan, 1903, Novit. Zool. 9 (suppl.): 285. Reinstated as a species by Cadiou & Holloway, 1989, Lambillionea, 89: 133.
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Synonyms: 2