Gangara thyrsis hainana Sonan, 1930

Trans. nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 20: 37.

Labels: “ Gangara / thyrsis / hainana Son./ DET. J. SONAN,” “ thyrsis,” “ hainana/ Sonan,” “ Hainan 1929[?].”

Sonan (1930a) specified “one mall[e]” when he described Gangara thyrsis hainana, thus it represents the holotype of the taxon. This holotype was found in TARI (Fig. 31–33). Evans (1949) listed hainana as a synonym of Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) . Gangara thyrsis is widespread from the Himalayas across India and Sundaland to the Philippines and Sulawesi with weak geographical differentiation (Evans 1949), and we follow Evans’ treatment. The name hainana Sonan, 1930 is regarded as a junior subjective synonym of Gangara thyrsis thyrsis (Fabricius, 1775) in the present study.