Number: 10
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Satyriinae
Sub-Family: Satyriinae
Species: Ethope noirei (Janet, 1896)
Common name(s): The Starry Diadem
Photography location: Tam Dao (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
Four species of Ethope are currently know viz. E. himachala, E. henrici, E. noirei & E. diademoides. The last two ones are present in Vietnam: E. noirei in the north and center, E. diademoides metayei in the center (Lam Dong Prov.). There is no localities in Vietnam where both species fly together.
E. noirei is a North Indochina/South China endemic.
Ethope noirei, Tam Dao foothills (September 2015)
An incouspicuous species often seen in the darkest corners of the forest near streams
An incouspicuous species often seen in the darkest corners of the forest near streams
Ethope noirei, upperwings
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