taxonID	type	description	language	source
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	description	(Figs. 1 – 8, 19 – 26, 37) LSID urn: lsid: zoobank. org: act: 6 A 8 D 23 C 2 - FD 10 - 4 FDF- 90 D 6 - CA 762 A 46 BCD 5	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	materials_examined	Holotype: male, 19. IV. 2022, Jianfengling, Ledong Li Autonomous County, Hainan, China, Zhe Liu leg. (MHAU; HN 1). Paratypes: male, 7. III. 2020, same locality as holotype, Zhe Liu leg. (Collection of Zhe Liu, CZL; HN 2); male, 27. III. 2020, same locality as holotype, Zhe Liu leg. (CZL; HN 3); male, 14. IV. 2020, Mt. Liuluo, Sanya, Hainan, Zhe Liu leg. (CHZL; HN 4); male, 2. XI. 2020, same locality as holotype, Zhe Liu leg. (CZL; HN 5); male, 3. VI. 2022, Mt. Wuzhi, Wuzhishan, Hainan, Zhe Liu leg. (CZL; HN 6); female, 1. VI. 2022, same locality as HN 6, Bo-Tao Huang leg. (CHZL; HN 7); female, 4. VI. 2022, same locality as HN 6, Zhe Liu leg. (CZL; HN 8).	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	description	Description. Male. Length of forewing 29 – 33 mm (n = 6, 33 mm in holotype). Forewing upper side ground color black with three rows of concrete white spots in discal, postdiscal, and submarginal areas. A diffused zigzag blue line present between submarginal and marginal series of white spots. Discal cell scattered with several blue spots. Forewing under side generally similar to upper side but with all spots more prominent and without zigzag blue line in submarginal area. Hindwing upper side ground color black. A serrate blue line running from cell 1 b to cell 5 in postdiscal area. A series of characteristic marginal patches presented from cells 1 b – 6 in submarginal and marginal areas. Blue section of patch usually double broader than white section. Hindwing under side with series of blue spots present from base to postmedial area, marginal area with a series of white patches with inner margin concave. Female. Length of forewing 36 – 37 mm (n = 2). Similar to male but larger in size. Forewing more rounded, ground color duller. Male genitalia. Uncus lobe-like with distal end forming a small bifurcated hook. Tegumen moderately broad. Gnathos ring-like. Vinculum slender. Juxta Y-shaped. Saccus shorter than half length of vinculum. Valva trapezoid. Costa simple. Sacculus with a rectangular process basally with dense dentation presented at its dorsal ridge. Phallus slender, broader at base. Coecum short.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The new subspecies can be distinguished from the other two subspecies, ssp. nicea and ssp. subucula, by the combination of the following characters: 1. The blue discal spots on the underside of the forewing in cells 1 b, 2 and 3 are situated inline, whereas in ssp. nicea and ssp. subucula the spot in cell 2 shifted basally. 2. On the hindwing upper side, the blue-white marginal patches are compact and rectangular as in ssp. subucula, whereas in ssp. nicea, the patches are variable in shape. 3. On the hindwing upper side, the blue-white marginal patches have blue section usually broader than the twice the width of the white section, whereas in ssp. subucula the white section broader than the blue section, and in ssp. nicea, the ratio between white and blue section is variable.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Currently only known from Hainan Island, S. China.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	etymology	Etymology. This subspecific name is dedicated to Dr. Yu-Kun Wang, who financially supports the senior author for his taxonomic studies.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A6CA2141EE0FE51FB91FEE5.taxon	discussion	Remarks. No individual from Hainan is found resembling specimens from Vietnam (Inayoshi & Saito 2021) nor specimens used in the present study or in literatures (e. g. Chen 2017) from S. China, which are adjacent to Hainan. Hence, we hereby treat population from Hainan as a new subspecies via superficial features. Regarding the publications related to butterflies of Hainan, 1) Gu & Chen (1997) assigned the insular samples to the nominate ssp. Moreover, the figured female should actually be male. 2) A living adult with characters close to the nominotypical subspecies was photographed from Yinggeling, Hainan and figured in Wang et al. (2020). However, according to the photographer Hai-Feng Jia (pers. comm.), this individual was actually photographed in Jiangxi, E. China and thus belongs to ssp. nicea without doubt. 3) Zhang & Zhang (2018) figured an individual from Jiangsu, E. China which is identical to the new subspecies. However, the source of this specimen cannot be determined by Song-Kui Zhang (pers. comm.). It probably is based on a wrongly labeled specimen from Hainan.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A69A2141EE0FBD0FB86F946.taxon	description	(Fig. 17 – 18, 35 – 36, 39) Stibochiona nicea subucula Fruhstorfer, [1898]: 329 – 330 (TL: Malay. Peninsula).	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A69A2141EE0FBD0FB86F946.taxon	materials_examined	Material. male, 2. IV. 2018, Tongbiguan, Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, China, Chuan Chen leg. (Collection of Chuan Chen; YN 1); same locality and data as YN 1, Chuan Chen leg. (CHZL; YN 2).	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A69A2141EE0FBD0FB86F946.taxon	discussion	Remarks. This subspecies is new to Chinese fauna. Lee (1994) illustrated an individual of Stibochiona nicea from Yunnan without classifying it into subspecies, and this individual should be identified as ssp. subucula without doubt. The identity of the subspecies from W. Yunnan has been disputative. Lang (2012) treated the specimens examined from W. Yunnan (Ruili, 12. VI. 1956) as the nominate subspecies. However, the two specimens examined in this study from Tongbiguan (approximately 70 km north of Ruili) clearly belong to ssp. subucula characterized by their unique external features. Because the specimens utilized in the present study and those examined by Lang (2012) are from different seasons, we presume that W. Yunnan is a transition zone of the two subspecies, similar to the case reported by Inayoshi & Saito (2021). Nevertheless, more materials are required to delimitate the boundary of the two subspecies in Yunnan.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
8122CC127A69A2141EE0FBD0FB86F946.taxon	distribution	Distribution. China (Tongbiguan, W. Yunnan), S. Myanmar, Thailand, W. Malaysia.	en	Li, Hua-Zhao, Liu, Zhe (2022): Notes on Stibochiona nicea (Gray, 1846) from China with description of a new subspecies from Hainan Island (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 5169 (4): 392-398, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5169.4.8
