Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies
Author
Hu, Shao-Ji
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
Author
Cotton, Adam M.
0000-0002-4852-903X
86 / 2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4852 - 903 X
Author
Lamas, Gerardo
0000-0002-3664-6730
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14 - 0434, Lima- 14, Peru https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 3664 - 6730
Author
Duan, Kuang
0000-0003-1123-8631
School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1123 - 8631
Author
Zhang, Xin
0000-0002-4638-3997
Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Kunming Youning Biotech Co., Ltd, Kunming, 650031, China https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 4638 - 3997 Corresponding author: shaojihu @ hotmail. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 1615 - 9601 & Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
shaojihu@hotmail.com
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11a.
Lamproptera curius hsinningae
Hu, Zhang & Cotton
ssp. nov.
(
Figure 4
, A–B)
Description: ♁.
Forewing length:
20–23 mm
. Forewing upperside: basal half, costa, and termen black, median white band accompanied by transparent band with black veins running through, median black band broad, constant in width, and never narrows towards tornus, distal half transparent with black veins running through. Hindwing upperside: black with white median band, cilia, and tail tip, tornal area scattered with white scales, scent scales cream white. Hindwing underside: similar to upperside, base densely peppered with greyish white scales; basal one third greyish white, followed by three transverse greyish white bands in tornal area; median white band and other markings as upperside.
♀
.
Forewing length:
22–24 mm
. Forewing broader, ground colour dark brown; median band greyish, not pure white and broader than the male; underside greyish markings in both wings broader but duller than those of the male.
Differential diagnosis:
Larger than the commonly found
ssp.
walkeri
in S. and S.E.
Yunnan
, forewing length: ♂
20–23 mm
. Forewing narrower, the median black band broader, constant in width, and never narrows towards tornus; median white band on both wings equal to the following described subspecies, but broader than that in
ssp.
walkeri
.
Type material:
HOLOTYPE
:
♂, Ayabi, Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture,
2017-V-23
, P. Sukkit
leg.
[
KIZ
].
PARATYPES
:
CHINA
: 2♂♂, the same collecting data as the
holotype
; 1♂, Tongbiguan, Yingjiang, Dehong Prefecture,
2016-X-22
, W. Z. Yang
leg.
[
SJH
]; 1♂, Dulongjiang, Nujiang Prefecture,
2012-IX-17
, Lu Ji
leg
. [
AMC
];
1♀
, Fugong, Nujiang Prefecture,
2006-VII-17
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
2012-VI-10–11
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
];
1♀
, same locality,
2012-VII-10
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 1♂, same locality,
2012-VII-13
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
2017-V-23–25
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 1♂, same locality,
2017-VI-7
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 1♂, same locality,
2017-VI
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
];
MYANMAR
: 2♂♂, between Pangmandim & Gawai, Mayhka River, N.
Kachin State
,
1996-V-31
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
1996-VIII-26
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
1996-IX-13
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, Kushin, N.E.
Kachin State
,
1998-VIII-5–16
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 1♂, Hkasi, Tarung Hka River, N.
Sagaing State
,
2006-VI-8
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
2007-VII-19–27
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, Chudu Razi Hills, N.E.
Kachin State
,
2011- V-26–28
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 2♂♂, same locality,
2011-VI-23–25
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 7♂♂, same locality,
2011-VIII-13–24
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
]; 1♂, same locality,
2012-V
, P. Sukkit
leg
. [
AMC
];
INDIA
: 1♂, BMNH(E) #1035009/
L. curius
♂ Khasi Hills 03/R.E. Turner Coll. Brit. Mus. 1917-136 [
BMNH
]; 1♂, 19-252/
L. curius
♂ Khasi Hills 03/R.E. Turner Coll. Brit. Mus. 1917-136/Photographed by H. Gaonkar Butterflies of India Plates [
BMNH
]; 1♂, BMNH(E) #1036554/
Assam
Aug. (Coll. Hannyngton). [
BMNH
]; 1♂, Pynursla,
Meghalaya
,
1943- X-6
, R.E. Parsons
leg
. [
AMC
]; 3♂♂, Khasia Hills,
Meghalaya
, 1968, S.K. Sircar
leg
. [
AMC
].
Holotype
housed in the collection of the
Kunming Institute of Zoology.
Distribution:
Found from the Dulong-Irrawaddy and Nujiang-Salween watersheds of W.
Yunnan
in
China
;
Kachin
and
Sagaing
States of N.
Myanmar
; and N.E.
India
.
Etymology:
The subspecies is named after the first author’s daughter, Hsin-Ning Hu. The subspecies name is a feminine noun in the genitive case.