BARBOURION LEMAII (Le Moult, 1933)

Male Barbourion lemaii. Photo: © NHMUK

TAXONOMY

Callambulyx lemaii Le Moult, 1933, Novit. ent. 3: 19. Type locality: Tonkin [Vietnam], Chapa [Sa Pa], 2000m.

Synonym. Callambulyx lemaii Le Moult, 1933.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION


Male Barbourion lemaii, Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 23.iii.2007, 2100m. Photo: © Thomas Ihle. Male Barbourion lemaii, Doi Pha Hom Pok, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 21.viii.2006, 2100m. Photo: © Thomas Ihle.

ADULT BIOLOGY

Unknown.


FLIGHT-TIME

Late June in the Gaoligong Shan, Yunnan, China. In Thailand, March and July/August above 2000m altitude. In mid May at 2400m altitude at Chapa, Mount Fan Si-Pan, northern Vietnam.


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Yunnan (Gaoligong Shan); Guangdong (Nanling National Forest Park).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Southwestern China (Yunnan & Guangdong), northern Burma/Myanmar (Banmauk, Sagaing Province), northern Thailand (Doi Inthanon, Chiang Ma), northern Laos (Houaphan Province) and south to central Vietnam (Le & Vu, 2024).


Global distribution of Barbourion lemaii. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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