The species Castanopsis hupehensis C.S.Chao is distributed in west Hubei, northwest Hunan, northeast Guizhou and east Sichuan. The type specimen was collected from Lichuan City, west Hubei.

• 分布于湖北西部、湖南西北部、贵州东北部、四川东部。模式标本采自湖北利川。