Notes on Aulocera pygmaea (Holik, 1949) and its related taxa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Author Lang, Song-Yun Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Beibei, 400700, Chongqing, China. Author Huang, Si-Yao Arthropoda Department, Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change, Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig, Adenauerallee 127, Bonn, 53113, Germany. text Zootaxa 2023 2023-10-20 5357 4 555 572 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.4 journal article 274097 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.4 3ec2f496-e307-43ae-a9f6-d02f1a4608c7 1175-5326 10064792 BCC5F051-12B6-4C57-BB12-75D215CBA3ED Aulocera longanfua Lang, 2021 ( Figs. 7 , 8 , 20 , 29 d, 30 d, 31 d) Aulocera pygmaea : Lang ( nec Holik), 2019: 149, figs. 28, 29. Aulocera longanfua Lang, 2021: 24 , figs. 10–14. TL: Huangtu-liang Pass, Pingwu, Sichuan ; H. Huang, 2021: 354 ; Lang, 2022: 120 , pl. XI: 10–12. Material examined. Holotype : ♂ , Holotype of Aulocera longanfua Lang , China : Sichuan , Pingwu , Huangtu-liang Pass , 3300 m , 30.VII.2018 , leg. S. Y. Lang ( CQMNH ) ; paratypes : 3 ♂♂ 1 ♀ , Paratypes of Aulocera longanfua Lang , same collecting data, leg. S. Y. Lang & J. Hou ( LSY ) . FIGURE 29. Male genitalia of Aulocera spp. in lateral view with left valva and aedeagus removed. a. A. pygmaea , lectotype, Gansu, Peilingshan, Lep153451, ZFMK; b1. A. p. vadimi , holotype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0765, CQMNH; b2. ditto , paratype, ditto , SATY0742, ANDR0131, LSY; c. A. atuntsensis , paratypus, North Yunnan, A-tun-tse, Lep153518, ZFMK; d1. A. longanfua , holotype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0743, ANDR0130, CQMNH; d2. ditto , paratype, ditto , SATY0767, LSY; d3. ditto , SATY0762, LSY; e. A. sybillina microsybillina , holotype, Gansu, Tanchang, SATY0871, ANDR0209, CQMNH; f. A. s. dieshanensis , holotype, Gansu, Zhugqu, SATY0874, ANDR0227, CQMNH; g1. A. s. sybillina , Gansu, Xiahe, SATY0764, ANDR0128, LSY; g2. ditto , Tibet, Zoige, SATY0749, ANDR0126, LSY; h. A. s. bianor , Qinghai, Ping’an, SATY0763, ANDR0129, LSY. FIGURE 30. Valva of Aulocera spp. in lateral view. a1. A. pygmaea , lectotype, Gansu, Peilingshan, Lep153451, ZFMK; a2. ditto , paralectotype, ditto , Lep153452, ZFMK; b1. A. p. vadimi , holotype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0765, CQMNH; b2. ditto , paratype, ditto , SATY0742, ANDR0131, LSY; b3. ditto , SATY0766, LSY; b4. ditto , SATY0769, LSY; c1. A. atuntsensis , holotype, North Yunnan, A-tun-tse, illustrated by Gross (1959 : fig. 5), Gross 54, ZFMK; c2. ditto , paratype, ditto , Lep153518, ZFMK; d1. A. longanfua , holotype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0743, ANDR0130, CQMNH; d2. ditto , paratype, ditto , SATY0762, LSY; d3. ditto , SATY0767, LSY; e. A. sybillina microsybillina , holotype, Gansu, Tanchang, SATY0871, ANDR0209, CQMNH; f. A. s. dieshanensis , holotype, Gansu, Zhugqu, SATY0874, ANDR0227, CQMNH; g1. A. s. sybillina , Gansu, Xiahe, SATY0764, ANDR0128, LSY; g2. ditto , Tibet, Zoige, SATY0749, ANDR0126, LSY; h. A. s. bianor , Qinghai, Ping’an, SATY0763, ANDR0129, LSY; i. A. melanoleuca stat. nov. , Tibet, Zayu, ANDR0282, LSY; j. A. pumilus , Thibet occ., Lanak La, Lep153404, ZFMK. FIGURE 31. Male androconia of Aulocera spp. a1. A. sybillina sybillina , Tibet, Zoige, SATY0749, ANDR0126, LSY; a2. ditto , Gansu, Xiahe, SATY0764,ANDR0128, LSY; b. A. s. dieshanensis , holotype, Gansu, Zhugqu, SATY0874,ANDR0227, CQMNH; c. A. s. microsybillina , holotype, Gansu, Tanchang, SATY0871, ANDR0209, CQMNH; d. A. longanfua , holotype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0743, ANDR0130, CQMNH; e. A. pygmaea vadimi , paratype, Sichuan, Pingwu, SATY0742, ANDR0131, LSY; f1. A. pygmaea , lectotype, Gansu, Peilingshan, Lep153451, ZFMK; f2. ditto , paralectotype, ditto , Lep153452, ZFMK; g1. A. atuntsensis , holotype, North Yunnan, A-tun-tse, Lep153457, ZFMK; g2. ditto , paratype, ditto , Lep153518, ZFMK; g3. ditto , North Yunnan, Li-kiang, Lep153458, ZFMK; h1. A. melanoleuca stat. nov. , Myanmar, Kachin, after Sakai et al. (2001 : fig. 77d); h2. ditto , Tibet, Zayu, ANDR0282, LSY. Diagnosis. Aulocera longanfua can be separated from the related A. sybillina by the combination of the following characters: 1) in the male, on the forewing underside, the white postdiscal spots are much smaller; 2) on the forewing upperside, the male brand is narrower and situated further separated from the white postdiscal spots in the spaces 1b, 2 and 3, whereas it is broader and nearly attached to the white spots in A. sybillina ; 3) in the female, on the hindwing upperside, the white discal band is much narrower; 4) the lamina of the androconium ( Fig. 31d ) is obviously slenderer than those of A. sybillina ( Figs. 31a–c ); 5) in the male genitalia, the valva ( Fig. 30d ) is shorter and narrower than that of A. sybillina ( Figs. 30e–h ). Aulocera longanfua is also very similar to the nominate subspecies of A. pygmaea but can be distinguished from it by the combination of the following characters: 1) in the female, the white discal spots on both sides are smaller; 2) on the hindwing upperside, the white discal band is discrete in the spaces 1, 2 and 3, whereas it is more continuous in A. pygmaea ; 3) on the hindwing, the white discal band in the spaces 1b to 3 is curved on both sides, whereas it is nearly straight in A. pygmaea ; 4) the base of the lamina of the androconium ( Fig. 31d ) is wider and the distal stalk is somewhat longer, whereas it is gradually narrowing towards the basal stalk in A. pygmaea ( Fig. 31f ); 5) in the male genitalia, the subdistal section of the valva ( Fig. 30d ) is somewhat narrower than that of A. pygmaea ( Fig. 30a ). From the sympatric A. pygmaea vadimi , it can be distinguished by further characters in addition to those mentioned above: 1) in the male, on the forewing upperside, the brand is present, whereas it is absent or vestigial in A. pygmaea vadimi ; 2) on the forewing upperside, the discal spots are usually larger; 3) in the female, on the forewing upperside, the discal spots are smaller. Remarks. Sakai et al. (2001) mentioned a record of Aulocera sybillina with the data as “Pingwu (Pingwu-Jiuzhaigou) ( 3,300 m ), Sungqu (Songpan County), 16.VIII.1987 ” without any further comment. Although the information seems vague, the site “Pingwu-Jiuzhaigou, 3,300 m ” is clearly the same as Huangtu-liang Pass which is of the same altitude and is the type locality of A. longanfua and A. pygmaea vadimi . However, the collecting date is half a month later than that of A. longanfua and A. pygmaea vadimi . Since Sakai et al . (2001) did not illustrate any specimen with the above information, it is not known whether this record is the true sybillina or just a longanfua . Distribution. China (N. Sichuan ).