A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea)
Author
Singh, Navneet
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India.
Author
Ahmad, Jalil
0000-0001-7719-864X
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & jalilahmad 23046 @ gmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 7719 - 864 X
jalilahmad23046@gmail.com
Author
Chandra, Kailash
0000-0001-9076-5442
Zoological Survey of India, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata- 700053, WB, India. & kailash 611 @ rediffmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9076 - 5442
kailash611@rediffmail.com
Author
Solovyev, Alexey V.
Ulyanovsk State Pedagogical University, Department of Biology and Chemistry (Ulyanovsk, Russia).
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-02-11
4927
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10.11646/zootaxa.4927.1.8
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Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis
(
Orhant, 2000
)
(
Figs 5
,
16
)
Parasa kalawensis
Orhant, 2000: 472
.
Material examined.
India
: 2 ♂,
Arunachal Pradesh
,
lower Subansiri
,
Pange Wildlife Sanctuary
,
17.x.2017
,
leg
.
B. Sinha
&
Party
(NZCZSI, 7019/ H10)
.
Diagnosis.
Originally,
Parasa kalawensis
was described as a distinct species from Kalaw,
Myanmar
. Subsequently,
Solovyev (2014)
downgraded
P. kalawensis
as a subspecies of
Melinaria pseudorepanda
and it is externally distinct from the nominotypical subspecies,
M. p.
pseudorepanda
(
Fig. 7
), by the colour of the hindwing, but their genitalia are almost identical. Another closely similar Indian species,
M. repanda
(
Fig. 6
) is distinguishable from
M.
p. kalawensis
by the presence of a ventral digitate process in the valva (
Solovyev 2014
).
Distribution.
Myanmar
,
China
(
Yunnan
,
Guangxi
),
Laos
, northern
Thailand
,
Vietnam
(
Solovyev 2014
) and
Arunachal Pradesh
(
India
). First record for the
Lepidoptera
fauna in
India
.