216. Cynitia whiteheadi (The Green Skirt Baron)

Number: 216

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Limenitidiinae

Species: Cynitia whiteheadi (Crowley, 1900)

Common name(s): The Green Skirt Baron

Photography location: Ba Vi N.P. foothills (Hanoi)

Formely known as Euthalia niepelti Strand,1916. Recorded from southern China, N. & C. Vietnam (to Quang Ngai Prov.).

Cynitia whiteheadi (male)

181. Cynitia lepidea cognata (The Grey Count)

Number: 181

Family: Nymphaliidae
Sub-Family: Limenitidiinae

Species: Cynitia lepidea cognata Moore, [1897]

Common name(s): The Grey Count

Photography location: Hàm Yên District (Tuyen Quang Prov.)

The genus Cynitia is represented in Vietnam by 5 species – lepidea, cocytus, whiteheadi, stellata and shigehoi. C. lepidea is the commonest member of the genus in Vietnam.

Cynitia lepidea cognata - male (July 5, 2016)
Photographed in the garden of my mother-in-law. I never thought I would find a new species for my personal list in such a place!