[Movie File] The Labyrinth (Neope niphonica kiyosumiensis)

  
   This sub-species of Neope niphonica was described by Mr. Mayumi Takahashi who is a well-known expert on the study of Asian Satyridae. The distribution is confined to Boso Peninsula, Kanto district, central Japan. Boso Peninsula was once an isolated island by sea. This population is thought to have been isolated from nominotypical subspecies when Boso Peninsula became the “island”. Similar example is found in Ussuriana stygiana whose population in Boso Peninsula has distinct wing markings.

(Ichihara-shi, Chiba, JAPAN, May 2012)

▲The distrubution of Neope niphonica (Shirozu, 2006)

   For more information, see the following links.

On Neope niphonica BUTLER (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) in the Boso Peninsula, Central Japan, with description of a new subspecies (I)

   http://goo.gl/ZSooz

Notes on the Chromosomes of Neope niphonica kiyosumiensis TAKAHASHI et AOYAMA (Lepidoptera, Satyridae)

   http://goo.gl/YXop2

On Neope niphonica BUTLER (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) in the Boso Peninsula, Central Japan, with description of a new subspecies (III)

  http://goo.gl/6zuIX