A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
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Singh, Navneet
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Author
Datta, Harvinder Singh
Author
Ivanova, Maria S.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
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Cyana adita
(
Moore, 1859
)
(
Figs 130–132
,
224
,
279
)
Bizone Adita
Moore
in
Horsfield &
Moore, 1859
,
A catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of Natural History at the East-India House
2
: 306, pl. 79, fig. 11 (
Type
locality: “N.
India
”).
=
Bizone bifasciata
Poujade, 1886
,
Bulletin de la Société entomologique de
France
(6)
6
: CXXIV [124] (
Type
locality: [
China
,
Sichuan
] “de Mou-Pin (Thibet)”).
=
Bizone walkeri
Elwes, 1890
,
Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London
1890
: 393, pl. 32, fig. 7 (
Type
locality: “
Sikkim
”).
Type material examined.
Lectotype
of
Bizone Adita
(designated herein) (
Fig. 132
):
♀
, handwritten label “Sikhim Col. Buckley” / handwritten label “
adita
type Moore” / printed label “Ind. Mus. 79.64.” / printed round label with a red circle “Type” / printed label with a unique identifier “NHMUK010597925” (Coll.
NHMUK
); photographs of
lectotype
of
Bizone bifasciata
(designated herein) (https://science.mnhn.fr/institution/mnhn/collection/el/item/el54 082?listIndex=1&listCount=40):
♀
, “
Bizone bifasciata
Pouj. Ann. Soc. Ent. 1886 Bullet.
CXXIV” / “MUS.HIST. NAT. A. DAVID Moupin (
Thibet
) 1871” / “1523 70” / “Sampled [BOLD]: BC-MNHN0429” / round label “LEC- TOTYPE” / red label “
LECTOTYPE
” / label with a unique identifier “MNHN, Paris EL54082” (Coll.
MNHN
).
Other material examined
.
HIMACHAL PRADESH
:
1 ♂
,
N.W. Himalayas
,
Simla
(
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
1 ♀
,
Dalhousie
(
Harford
) (
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
1 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
Kangra
(
Hocking
) (
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
WEST BENGAL
:
5 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
India
, WB,
Darjeeling
,
2100m
,
28.VIII–1.IX.1988
, leg.
W. Thomas
, slides MWM 35727 (
♂
), MWM 35728 (
♀
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
7 ♂
,
India
, W.B.,
Darjeeling
,
Tigerhill
,
2400m
, end of
VI.1987
, leg.
Dr. W. Thomas
, slide MWM 33497 (
♂
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
SIKKIM
:
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
Sikhim
(
Liderdale
) (
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
1 ♀
,
Sikkim
,
Knyvett
/
Collectio H. J. Elwes
, slide AV2072
♀
Volynkin
(
Coll.
ZFMK
)
;
3 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Dodak
,
6.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
,
1.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
,
30.IX.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
,
1.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
, 25.IV.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Yuksom
,
2.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Yuksom
,
3.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Phusrey Lake
, 30.IV.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
4 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Padamchen
, 3.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Padamchen
, 3.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Padamchen
, 4.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Dentam
, 10.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
9 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
, 25.IV.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
4 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
, 26.IV.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
,
30.IX.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Golitar
,
1.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Yuksom
,
2.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
5 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Yuksom
,
3.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Padamchen
, 3.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
3 ♀
,
India
,
Sikkim
,
Phusrey lake
, 30.IV.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♀
,
India
,
Okhrey
, 23.IX.14, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♀
,
India
,
Okhrey
, 24.IX.14, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
2 ♀
,
India
,
Dodak
,
6.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♀
,
India
,
Meghalaya
,
Pynursla
,
11.V.2014
, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♀
,
India
Sikkim
,
Ravangla
, 7.V.09, leg.
Rahul Joshi
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
ARUNACHAL PRADESH
:
1 ♂
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Dirang
, 1.V.13, leg.
Abhinav Saxena
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Dirang
, 2.V.13, (
Coll.
Abhi- nav
Saxsena
) (
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
Dirang
, 11.V.16, leg.
H.S. Datta
(
Coll.
NZCZSI
)
.
Remarks. 1.
In the original description of
Bizone Adita
,
Moore (1859)
did not mention a number of specimens, therefore the existence of
syntypes
is possible. To avoid any confusion with the similar species
C. signa
, here we designate the female specimen deposited in NHMUK and labeled as “Type” as
lectotype
.
2.
In the original description of
Bizone bifasciata
,
Poujade (1886)
cited three specimens of both sexes, which are
syntypes
. One of them (female) is labeled as
lectotype
(this designation is not valid as it is never published) and its photos are published in the MNHN website. In order to stabilize the nomenclature, here we designate this specimen as
lectotype
.
3.
The type of
Bizone walkeri
Elwes
is not found in the NHMUK collection. Here we follow
Hampson (1900)
and
Strand (1922)
and consider this taxon to be a synonym of
C. adita
.
Diagnosis.
Forewing length is
16–18 mm
in males and
20–21.5 mm
in females.
Cyana adita
is very similar to
C. signa
, and can be distinguished by its separated distal discal spots and slightly more curved and wavy antemedial line (that is oblique and almost straight in
C. signa
). The male genitalia of
C. adita
differ from those of
C. signa
by their slightly narrower uncus, larger lateral lobes of vinculum, slightly longer ampulla, longer distal lobe of subbasal diverticulum, shorter ventral lobe of subbasal diverticulum, and more robust spinules of the distal cluster. The female genitalia of
C. adita
differ from those of
C. signa
by the narrower ostium bursae, the shorter sclerotized area in the posterior section of corpus bursae, and the narrower appendix bursae.
Distribution.
Pakistan
(Azad Jammu & Kashmir) (present study), North and North East
India
(
Himachal Pradesh
,
Uttarakhand
, north of
West Bengal
,
Sikkim
,
Assam
,
Meghalaya
and
Arunachal Pradesh
) (
Hampson 1900
;
Strand 1922
;
Smetacek 2008
;
Singh
et al.
2014
),
Nepal
(
Kishida 1993
;
1994
),
China
(
Shaanxi
,
Sichuan
,
Yunnan
,
Guangdong
,
Hubei
,
Fujian
) (
Poujade 1886
;
Fang 2000
;
Dubatolov
et al.
2012
), North
Thailand
(
Chiang Mai Prov.
) and North
Vietnam
(Fan-si-pan Mts) (
Černý & Pinratana 2009
).