A revision of the genus Trisuloides Butler, 1881 with descriptions of three new species from China (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae). Revision of Pantheinae, contribution I Author Behounek, Gottfried Author Han, Hui-Lin Author Kononenko, Vladimir text Zootaxa 2011 3069 1 25 journal article 46102 10.5281/zenodo.278996 e57b727c-16bb-4f80-a4fa-166059e74638 1175-5326 278996 Disepholcia caerulea Butler, 1889 Trisuloides caerulea Butler, 1889 , Illustrations of Typical Specimens of Lepidoptera Heterocera in the Collection of the British Museum 7: 5, 35, pl. 128, fig. 3, (TL: India , Himachal Pradesh, Dharmsala [ST: BMNH, London) = coerulea auct, nec, Butler, 1889; = caerula auct., nec, Butler, 1889. Material eamined. 28 specimens from Nepal , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam , and China (collections AB , AP , GB, ZFMK , ZSM , NEFU ). Diagnosis. ( Fig. 39 ). Disepholcia caerulea has a similar ground plan of forewing coloration and pattern as Trisuloides ; externally it differs from Trisuloides by its larger size (wingspan 70–75 mm ) and by having blackbrown with blue metallic hindwings, without yellow medial part and terminal band as in Trisuloides . The male genitalia of D. caerulea ( Fig. 42 ) is generally similar to Trisuloides , but differs by shape of editum, which is more strongly sclerotised than in Trisuloides , seen as a long, finger-like extension and by the shape of harpe which is strongly sclerotised, finger-like, positioned transversally and slightly arched basally. The aedeagus of D. caerulea is long, relatively thin, with sclerotised carina; vesica simple, tubular. The female genitalia of D. caerulea ( Fig. 70 ) differ by the presence of extremely large, strongly sclerotised antrum which is almost equal to corpus bursae in length, very short ductus bursae and presence of a postvaginal plate with two lateral extensions and small central bifurcate extension. Distribution and biology. The genus occurs in North India , Nepal , Myanmar , Thailand , Vietnam , Malaysia , Indonesia , South and South-East China , including Taiwan Island.