Spalgis epeus fangola ( Kheil, 1884 )

Šumpich, Jan & Weidenhoffer, Zdeněk, 2025, A review of the types of Lycaenidae species (Lepidoptera) described by Napoleon Manuel Kheil deposited in the collection of the National Museum of the Czech Republic, Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 65 (1), pp. 177-195 : 182

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scientific name	Spalgis epeus fangola ( Kheil, 1884 )
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Spalgis epeus fangola ( Kheil, 1884)

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Lucia fangola Kheil, 1884: 28 View in CoL , fig. 31 (original description).

Spalgis epius [sic] fangola : FRUHSTORÞER (1917a):75 (new combination). Spalgis epeus fangola : BRlDGES (1988): IX.118 (catalogue).

Type material examined. HOLOTYPE: J ( NMPC), ‘ Typo [hw] // Nias [p] // Orig. [p, pink label] // Typus [p, red label] // Coll. N. Kheil [p] //

Photo / Gen. prep. / J. Šumpich / 22/169 [p] // ex coll. N. M. Kheil / Coll. National / Museum Prague [p] // Holotype J / Lucia fangola / Kheil, 1884 / labelled by J. Šumpich / & Z.Weidenhoffer, 2025 [p, red label]’ ( Fig.4A).

Current status. Spalgis epeus fangola ( Kheil, 1884) , subspecies of S. epeus (Westwood, [1851]) .

Distribution. Indonesia: Nias (KHElL 1884), Sumatra (FRUHSTORÞER 1917a).

Remarks. FRUHSTORÞER (1917a) placed fangola as a subspecies of S. epeus based on its extremely small size and the very fine net pattern on the underside of the wings.

Subfamily Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827

Tribe Polyommatini Swainson, 1827