Number: 164
Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Amathusiinae
Sub-Family: Amathusiinae
Species: Aemona tonkinensis Rothschild, 1916
Common name(s): The Yellow Dryad (sensu lato, no particular name - why not Tonkinese Dryad?)
Photography location: Tam Dao (Vinh Phuc Prov.)
Previously the taxon tonkinensis was mentionned as a ssp. of A. amathusia (The Yellow Dryad). It was recently raised to specific rank after clarification of the taxonomical status of A. amathusia (Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 2008).
Aemona tonkinensis is a restricted range species known from N. & C. Vietnam, S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi).
The genus Aemona is represented in Vietnam by 7 species viz. A. lena, A. tonkinensis, A. kontumei, A. falcata, A. simulatrix, A. berdyevi, A. implicata, the five last ones described from Vietnam between 2003 and 2007.
Male specimen from Tam Dao, upperside
Aemona tonkinensis is a restricted range species known from N. & C. Vietnam, S. China (Yunnan, Guangxi).
The genus Aemona is represented in Vietnam by 7 species viz. A. lena, A. tonkinensis, A. kontumei, A. falcata, A. simulatrix, A. berdyevi, A. implicata, the five last ones described from Vietnam between 2003 and 2007.
Aemona tonkinensis is a montane species, here photographed at Tam Dao (900m a.s.l.), on April 30, 2016
Aemona species are plain butterflies of a pale fulvous colour inconspicuously ocellated on the Un
Aemona species are plain butterflies of a pale fulvous colour inconspicuously ocellated on the Un
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