A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini)
Author
Singh, Navneet
Author
Volynkin, Anton V.
Author
Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Author
Datta, Harvinder Singh
Author
Ivanova, Maria S.
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-18
4738
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journal article
23994
10.11646/zootaxa.4738.1.1
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Cyana dohertyi eirene
Volynkin & N. Singh
,
ssp. nov.
(
Figs 102, 103
,
205
,
269
)
Type material.
Holotype
(
Figs 102
,
205
):
♂
, “
Indien
, [
Uttarakhand
] U. P.,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Bhimtal
,
1500 m
,
12.IV.1976
, leg. F. Smetaсek”, slide MWM 31804 Volynkin (Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
).
Paratypes
:
INDIA
.
HIMACHAL PRADESH
:
1 ♂
, N.W.
Himalaya
(
Coll.
NHMUK
)
;
1 ♂
,
India, H.P.
, Kan- daghat,
1500m
,
9–10.VI.1975
, leg.
W. Thomas
, slide MWM 35885 (
♂
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
UTTARA-
KHAND
:
6 ♂
,
India
sept.,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Distr. NainiTal
,
BhimTal
,
1500 m
, leg.
F. Smetacek
,
10.VII.1979
(
1 ♂
);
18.IX.1979
(
2 ♂
);
22.IX.1979
(
1 ♂
);
24.IX.1979
(
2 ♂
) (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
2 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
India
sept., Kumaon-
Himalaya
,
Distr. NainiTal
,
BhimTal
,
1500 m
,
Smetacek
/
Bauer
,
31.VIII.1976
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
), slide MWM 35881 (
♂
)
Volynkin
;
1.IX.1976
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
), slide MWM 35880 (
♂
)
Volynkin
;
11.IX.1976
(
1 ♀
) (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
3 ♂
,
1 ♀
,
India
,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Bhimtal
,
1500 m
, leg. F. Smetaсek
3.V.1975
(
1 ♂
);
12.VI.1976
(
1 ♂
), slide MWM 31804 (
♂
)
Volynkim
;
5.IX.1976
(
1 ♂
);
24.IX.1975
(
1 ♀
);
1.X.1977
(
1 ♂
) (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
, Bhim- tal,
1500 m
,
11–20.VI.1975
, leg.
W. Thomas
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Distr. NainiTal
,
BhimTal
,
20–23.V.1981
,
1500 m
, leg.
C. Holzschuh
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
2 ♂
,
1 ♀
, N-India,
Bhimtal
,
1500 m
,
14–30.VII.1979
, coll.
Dr. Liedgens
, slides MWM 31802 (
♂
), MWM 35884 (
♀
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
11 ♂
,
2 ♀
,
India
,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Distr. NainiTal
,
BhimTal
,
1500 m
, leg.
de Freina
,
Himalaya Expedition
,
16.V.1971
(
1 ♂
);
26.V.1971
(
2 ♂
);
10.V.1971
(
4 ♂
,
1 ♀
);
10.VI.1971
(
1 ♂
), slide MWM 35883 (
♂
)
Volynkin
;
12.VI.1971
(
2 ♂
);
18.VI.1971
(
1 ♂
,
1 ♀
) (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♂
,
India
,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Distr. NainiTal
,
BhimTal
,
1500 m
,
21.VI.1981
, leg. Smetaсek (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
3 ♂
,
Kumaon-Himalaya
,
Nainital-distr.
, Bhim- tal,
1500 m
, leg. F. Smetaсek,
30.V.1978
(
1 ♂
),
1.VII.1978
(
2 ♂
) (
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
1 ♂
,
5 ♀
,
Bhimtal
, N.-
India
,
1600 m
, 24.VIII.–3.IX.80,
Hauenstein
, slide MWM 35882 (
♀
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
.
PAKISTAN
. AZAD JAMMU &
KASHMIR
:
1 ♂
,
Pakistan
,
Kashmir
,
Himalaya Mts.
,
20 km
В
Muzaffarabad
,
Nara village
,
750m
,
73°29’E
34°01’N
,
20.V.1998
, leg.
Gy.M. László
&
G. Ronkay
, coll.
Museum Witt
, slide MWM 31801 (
♂
)
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
;
8 ♂
,
3 ♀
,
Pakistan
,
Kashmir
,
Himalaya Mts.
,
30 km
N Murree
, near
Nathia Ghali
,
Ayubia
vil- lage,
2600m
,
23.V.1998
, leg.
Gy.M. László
&
G. Ronkay
, coll.
Museum Witt
, slides ZSM
Arct.
71/2017
♂
, ZSM
Arct.
72/2017
♀
Volynkin
(
Coll.
MWM
/
ZSM
)
.
Etymology
. In the Greek mythology, Eirene was one of the Horae, the personification of peace.
Diagnosis
. Forewing length is
15–16.5 mm
in males and
17–18 mm
in females.
Cyana dohertyi eirene
differs from the nominate subspecies and
C. d. mertsana
(illustrated by Volynkin
et al
. (2019)) by its narrower and paler yellow transverse lines. The male and female genitalia of the new subspecies have no significant differences from those of the nominate subspecies. Compared to those of
C. d. mertsana
(illustrated by Volynkin
et al
. (2019)), the male genitalia of
C. d. eirene
have the slightly narrower sacculus with slightly weaker distal process, and the slightly shorter band-like cluster of spinules on the largest diverticulum of vesica. The female genitalia of
C. d. eirene
differ from those of
C. d. mertsana
(illustrated by Volynkin
et al
. (2019)) by the slightly shorter sclerotized posterior section of cospus bursae.
Distribution
. Western Himalaya:
Pakistan
(Azad Jammu & Kashmir) and North
India
(
Himachal Pradesh
and
Uttarakhand
) (
Smetacek 2008
, as
C. dohertyi
).