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Forms superspecies with Kalij Pheasant (Lophura leucomelanos). Many subspecies of questionable validity, based on plumage patterns of male upperparts; seven subspecies, rufipes, occidentalis, ripponi, jonesi, beaulieui, nycthemera and fokiensis, at least, form cline and probably not subspecifically distinct from one another.

The following 15 subspecies are recognised:

• occidentalis Delacour, 1948   -  South-central China (north-western Yunnan) and north-eastern Burma.
• rufipes (Oates, 1898)   -  Northern Burma in northern Shan States, between R Irrawaddy and R Salween.
• ripponi (Sharpe, 1902)   -  Northern Burma in southern Shan States, between R Irrawaddy and R Salween.
• jonesi (Oates, 1903)   -  South-central China (south-western Yunnan), northern and central Thailand and Burma (South Shan States between R Salween and R Mekong).
• omeiensis Cheng, Chang & Tang, 1964   -  Central China (Sichuan).
• rongjiangensis Tan & Wu, 1981   -  South-central China (south-eastern Guizhou).
• beaulieui Delacour, 1948   -  South-central China (south-eastern Yunnan), northern Laos and northern Vietnam.
• nycthemera (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Southern China (Guangdong and Guangxi) and northern Vietnam.
• whiteheadi (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899)   -  Hainan I (southern China).
• fokiensis Delacour, 1948   -  South-eastern China (north-western Fujian and possibly Zhejiang).
• berliozi (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928)   -  Central Vietnam, on western slopes of Annamitic Mts.
• beli (Oustalet, 1898)   -  Central Vietnam, on eastern slopes of Annamitic Mts.
• engelbachi Delacour, 1948   -  Bolovens Plateau, southern Laos.
• lewisi (Delacour & Jabouille, 1928)   -  South-western Kampuchea and south-eastern Thailand.
• annamensis (Ogilvie-Grant, 1906)   -  Southern Vietnam.

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