Pyrrhopeplus carduelis var. posthumus Horváth, 1892a: 135 (upgraded by Horváth, 1909a: 631). STS: male, female, China (WP), Xizang, Yarkalo [= Chagyoi]; HNHM.
Pyrrhopeplus pictus Distant, 1902f: 41 (syn. Horváth, 1909a: 631). STS: Bangladesh (Sylhet) and India (Naga Hills); BMNH.