Taxonomic notes on the jalaurida-subgroup of the genus Lethe (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)
Author
Das, Gaurab Nandi
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India.
Author
Lang, Song-Yun
Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Beibei, Chongqing, 400700, China.
Author
Singh, Navneet
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India.
Author
Chandra, Kailash
Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India.
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Zootaxa
2020
2020-06-08
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2.
Lethe jalaurida
(de Nicéville, 1881)
(
Fig. 2
)
Zophoessa jalaurida
de Nicéville in Marshall & de Nicéville, 1881
.
J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal.
49: 245,
type
locality:
Jalauri
pass,
N.W. Himalayas
;
Marshall & de Nicéville, 1882
. Butt.
India
1: 166, pl. X:
19♂
; Moore, 1892. Lep. Ind. 1: 296, pl. 92: 2, 2a.
Lethe jalaurida
: Doherty, 1886
. J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 (2): 117; Mackinnon & de Nicéville, 1897. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 216; Bingham, 1905. Fauna Brit. Ind., Butt. 1: 98; Hannyngton, 1910. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 20: 135;
D’Abrera, 1985
. Butt. Orient. 2: 416.
Lethe jalaurida jalaurida
: Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1911
. Macrolepid. World 9: 313; Evans, 1932. Iden. Ind. Butt. ed. 2: 103; Wynter-Blyth, 1940. J. Bomb. Nat. Hist. Soc. 41: 723; Talbot, [1949]. Fauna Brit.
India
, Butt. 2: 182.
Materials examined.
INDIA
:
1 ♂
, Simla, 9000’, No 785/ Ind Mus. Lang Colln/ 4745—H9 (
ZSI
)
.
Diagnosis.
1) On both sides pale markings and stripes are whitish; 2) male brand is absent; 3) uncus is heavily bent downwards near the apex; 4) valva apex is evenly serrated; 5) aedeagus is without a dorsal ridge.
Distribution.
NW
India
, W
Nepal
.