Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth 1844

Rhinolophus lepidus Blyth 1844, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, 13: 486.

Type Locality: India, Bengal, Calcutta (uncertain); see Das (1986).

Vernacular Names: Blyth's Horseshoe Bat.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Rhinolophus lepidus subsp. lepidus Blyth 1844

Subspecies Rhinolophus lepidus subsp. cuneatus K. Andersen 1918

Subspecies Rhinolophus lepidus subsp. feae K. Andersen 1907

Subspecies Rhinolophus lepidus subsp. monticola K. Andersen 1905

Subspecies Rhinolophus lepidus subsp. refulgens K. Andersen 1905

Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan, N India, Nepal, Burma, Thailand, Szechwan and Yunnan (China), Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra (Indonesia).

Conservation: IUCN 2003 and IUCN / SSC Action Plan (2001) – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: pusillus species group. Includes feae, monticola, and refulgens; see Hill and Yoshiyuki (1980) and Corbet and Hill (1992). Does not include osgoodi or shortridgei; see Csorba et al. (2003), although also see Corbet and Hill (1992). Reviewed in part by Bates and Harrison (1997).