Lethe elwesi (Moore) stat. rev., a distinct species, with description of a new subspecies from NW Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) Author Lang, Song-Yun Author Bozano, Gian Cristoforo text Zootaxa 2015 4058 1 127 134 journal article 39265 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.1.8 c2bcdd21-76b1-4620-920f-bf1d04d1c7f2 1175-5326 239787 740C82A1-5ED2-47E7-8B69-FD5DF670F27E Lethe elwesi (Moore, 1892) stat. rev. ( Figs. 7–10 , 38 ) Zophoessa elwesi Moore, 1892 . Lep. ind. 1: 298, pl. 92: 3, ♂. Type locality: E. Himalayas; Sikkim; Bhotan. Lethe jalaurida elwesi : Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1911. Macrolepid. world 9: 313; Evans, 1912 . J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 567; Talbot, [1949] . Fauna Brit. India , Butt. 2: 183; D’Abrera, 1985. Butt. Orient. 2: 416; Huang, 2001 . Neue Ent. Nach. 70: 94; Lang, [2014] . Neue Ent. Nach. 70: 301, figs: 7. Lethe jalaurida var. elwesi : Gaede in Strand, 1931. Lep. Cat. 43: 296. Zophoessa jalaurida : Elwes ( nec de Nicéville), 1888. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1888: 320, pl. VIII: 4; Seitz, 1907 . Macrolepid. world 1: 87, pl. 32: c. Materials examined. 3 ♂♂, BHUTAN : Jakar, Bumthang trek, W of Phephe La, 2700 m , 4.VI.2008 leg. G. C. Bozano (GCB); 6 ♂♂, CHINA : Tibet, Medog, 62K to 52K, 2800–3400 m , 19.VII.2012 , leg. S-y. Lang (LSY); 4 ♂♂, CHINA : Tibet, Medog, 62K, 2800 m , 13.VIII.2012 , leg. S-y. Lang (LSY); 1 ♂ , ditto (HH). Diagnosis. Lethe elwesi can be distinguished from L. jalaurida by the combination of the following characters: a) Usually larger in size (forewing length: 24–27 mm in elwesi ; 24–25 mm in jalaurida ); b) Ventral forewing, dark postdiscal band, bordered distally by yellow, has an irregular shape, whereas it forms three sharp regular angles in spaces 1, 2 and 3 in L. jalaurida ; c) Ventral hindwing, silver discal band is continuous, whereas it is broken in cells 3 and 4 in L. jalaurida ; d) Ventral hindwing, basal half silver markings are more developed than those of L. jalaurida ; Male genitalia ( Figs. 20 , 26 , 32 ): e) The uncus of this species is longer than that of L. jalaurida ( Figs. 21, 22 ); f) The gnathos is longer than that of L. jalaurida ; f) The aedeagus has a slender dorsal ridge near its cephalic end, whereas the dorsal surface of aedeagus is smooth in L. jalaurida . Distribution. China (SE Tibet), Sikkim, Bhutan .