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<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC3184A7D51FEFE10CF" box="[278,351,617,642]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 30" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1893,1916]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 16 30. Habitus of Ahlbergia and Novosatsuma males at same scale. 16 17 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 18 21 — A. clarolinea; 18 19 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang; 20 21 — Ludian, Lijiang. 22 27 — A. chalcidis; 22 25 — Ludian, Lijiang; 26 27 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang. 28 30 — N. magnapurpurea, paratype. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 — upperside; 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271607/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">1617</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC318367D52FE1210CF" box="[362,435,618,642]" captionStart="FIGURES 31 45" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1848,1871]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1827]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,1828]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 31 45. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 31 34 — A. maoweiweii, paratypes. 35 36 — A. leei, Liaoning; 41 42 — A. leei ssp., Ningshan, Shaanxi. 37 38 — A. frivaldszkyi; 37 — Tianjin; 38 — Changan, Shaanxi. 39 40 — A. luoliangi, paratype, Changan. 43 — A. ferrea, Liaoning. 44 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning. 45 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype, Nanjing. 31, 33, 35, 39, 41 — upperside; 32, 34, 36, 40, 42 — underside; 37 38, 43 45 — upperside (left half) and underside (right half)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271608/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">3134</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC318E27D51FDA610CF" box="[446,519,617,642]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 75" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1904,1927]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,193,1883]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 61 75. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 61 62 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 63 66, 71 72 — A. clarolinea; 63 64 — holotype, Yulongxueshan; 65 66 — Ludian, Lijiang; 71 72 — Muli, Sichuan. 67 68 — A. chalcidis, Ludian, Lijiang. 69 70 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong. 73 75 — A. caesius, holotype. 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73 — upperside; 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271609/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">6162</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B4E7D51FD9010CF" box="[530,561,617,642]" captionStart="FIGURES 76 80" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1833,1856]" captionTargetBox="[179,1398,193,1787]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[179,1399,193,1788]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 76 80. Male genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa at same scale, consisting of entire genitalia in lateral view (G), of dorsum in dorsal view (D), of ring in ventral view with valvae and aedeagus removed (R.), of valvae in ventral view (V), and of distal tip of phallus in dorsal view to show cornuti (C). 76 — A. maoweiweii, holotype (Figs. 5 6); 77 — A. frivaldszkyi, Changan, Shaanxi; 78 — A. leei ssp., Changan (Figs. 11 12); 79 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning (Fig. 14); 80 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 13). (G, D, R, V at same scale as shown in 80; C at same scale as shown in 80; red arrows directed to important characters mentioned in text)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271610/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">76</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B607D52FDFA10CF" box="[572,603,618,642]" captionStart="FIGURES 94 104" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1462,1485]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1441]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,193,1442]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 94 104. Female genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa in lateral view at same scale. 94 — A. maoweiweii, paratype (Figs. 31 32); 95 — A. leei, Liaoning (Figs. 35 36); 96 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 43); 97 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype (Fig. 45); 98 — A. luoliangi, paratype (Figs. 39 40); 99 — A. frivaldszkyi, Shaanxi (Fig. 38); 100 — A. frivaldszkyi, Tianjin (Fig. 37); 101 — A. leei ssp., Shaanxi (Figs. 41 42); 102 — A. chalcidis, Lijiang; 103 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong (Figs. 69 70); 104 — A. clarolinea, holotype (Figs. 63 64)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271613/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">94</figureCitation>
,
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(
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: ♂ (dissected), Shaanxi Province, Ankang City, Ningshan County, ca
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, W.-W. Mao leg., deposited in
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(6♂♂ &amp; 3♀♀ in total):
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: 3♂♂, 1♀, same data as
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, 1♀ in coll. Hao Huang and dissected, 2♂♂ in coll. W.-W. Mao); 3♂♂, 2♀♀, same locality as
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, W.-W. Mao leg. (
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, 1♀ in coll. J.-Q. Zhu and dissected, 2♂♂, 1♀ in coll. W- W. Mao).
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Male
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Length of forewing: 13.0 mm. Forewing shaped as in
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. Hindwing with a larger ratio of costa-length to dorsum-length and a larger ratio of termen-length to dorsumlength than in
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and
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. Androconial patch on forewing upperside well marked, similarly shaped and of the same size as in
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31D617CEAFAE211A4" box="[1085,1347,977,1001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31D617CEAFB6811A4" box="[1085,1225,977,1001]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="luoliangi">A. luoliangi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31D867CEAFAE211A4" box="[1242,1347,977,1001]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">A. ferrea</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31CD87CEAFEAD1640" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricaudata">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31CD87CEAFEAD1640" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. tricaudata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7B21FB3F1763" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
Wing-pattern (
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC318377B21FE79167F" box="[363,472,1049,1074]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 15" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1876,1899]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1855]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1856]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 1 15. Habitus of Ahlbergia males at same scale. 1 6 — A. maoweiweii; 1 4 — paratypes; 5 6 — holotype. 7 8 — A. frivaldszkyi, Changan, Shaanxi. 9 10 — A. luoliangi, holotype, Changan. 11 12 — A. leei ssp., Changan. 13 — A. ferrea, Liaoning. 14 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning. 15 — A. tricaudata confusa, paratype, Nanjing. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — upperside; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 — underside; 13 15 — upperside (left half) and underside (right half)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271606/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Figs. 56</figureCitation>
). Both wings on upperside generally like in the brightest form of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31DE77B22FAFD167C" box="[1211,1372,1049,1073]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31DE77B22FAFD167C" box="[1211,1372,1049,1073]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with extensive greyish blue suffusion in discal cell, mostly spaces 1a-2 of forewing and mostly hindwing, leaving only a black submarginal band and a black costal band on hindwing. Underside. Forewing. Ground color dark greyish brown, only marked by a black discocellular bar, a waved discal line edged with black and pale bluish white scales, and a series of submarginal markings formed by black dashes. Submarginal and marginal areas suffused with powdered pale bluish white scales. Hindwing. Ground color as on forewing but extensively dusted by pale bluish white scales, more densely in marginal, submarginal, anal and costal areas. Subbasal, discal and submarginal lines clearly marked with black and waved in shape. Discocellular bar clearly marked with black.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7A01FC5317AC" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
Male genitalia (
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC318277A01FE71171F" box="[379,464,1337,1362]" captionStart="FIGURES 76 80" captionStartId="12.[151,264,1833,1856]" captionTargetBox="[179,1398,193,1787]" captionTargetId="figure@12.[179,1399,193,1788]" captionTargetPageId="12" captionText="FIGURES 76 80. Male genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa at same scale, consisting of entire genitalia in lateral view (G), of dorsum in dorsal view (D), of ring in ventral view with valvae and aedeagus removed (R.), of valvae in ventral view (V), and of distal tip of phallus in dorsal view to show cornuti (C). 76 — A. maoweiweii, holotype (Figs. 5 6); 77 — A. frivaldszkyi, Changan, Shaanxi; 78 — A. leei ssp., Changan (Figs. 11 12); 79 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning (Fig. 14); 80 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 13). (G, D, R, V at same scale as shown in 80; C at same scale as shown in 80; red arrows directed to important characters mentioned in text)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271610/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Fig. 76</figureCitation>
). Generally as in
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31BC77A02FD5E171C" box="[667,767,1337,1361]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31BC77A02FD5E171C" box="[667,767,1337,1361]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, only differing in having conjoined basal part of valvae in ventral view more apparently contracted to the divided distal part of the valvae. Valvae in ventral view with outer lateral margins angled. Lower cornutus of phallus equal to upper cornutus in width, nearly as wide as that of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31CD87ABAFF7A17F0" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31CD87ABAFF7A17F0" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC318487A9EFE1717F0" box="[276,438,1445,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC318487A9EFE1717F0" box="[276,438,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, markedly narrower than that of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31A6E7A9EFCDA17F0" box="[818,891,1445,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leei">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31A6E7A9EFCDA17F0" box="[818,891,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. leei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31AE97A9EFBEB17F0" box="[949,1098,1445,1469]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="tricaudata">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31AE97A9EFBEB17F0" box="[949,1098,1445,1469]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. tricaudata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Teeth along distal margin of cornuti like those of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC318227AF2FE4017AC" box="[382,481,1481,1505]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC318227AF2FE4017AC" box="[382,481,1481,1505]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but of a higher number than in
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31A177AF2FC4A17AC" box="[843,1003,1481,1505]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31A177AF2FC4A17AC" box="[843,1003,1481,1505]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7AD5FC4A1403" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC3199B7AD5FD98144B" bold="true" box="[199,569,1517,1542]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
Description of male
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFADFFC3189F7AD5FD98144B" box="[451,569,1517,1542]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B117AD5FD1D144B" box="[589,700,1517,1542]" captionStart="FIGURES 1 15" captionStartId="7.[151,264,1876,1899]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1855]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,193,1856]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURES 1 15. Habitus of Ahlbergia males at same scale. 1 6 — A. maoweiweii; 1 4 — paratypes; 5 6 — holotype. 7 8 — A. frivaldszkyi, Changan, Shaanxi. 9 10 — A. luoliangi, holotype, Changan. 11 12 — A. leei ssp., Changan. 13 — A. ferrea, Liaoning. 14 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning. 15 — A. tricaudata confusa, paratype, Nanjing. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 — upperside; 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 — underside; 13 15 — upperside (left half) and underside (right half)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271606/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B907AD5FCB7144B" box="[716,790,1517,1542]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 30" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1893,1916]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 16 30. Habitus of Ahlbergia and Novosatsuma males at same scale. 16 17 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 18 21 — A. clarolinea; 18 19 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang; 20 21 — Ludian, Lijiang. 22 27 — A. chalcidis; 22 25 — Ludian, Lijiang; 26 27 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang. 28 30 — N. magnapurpurea, paratype. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 — upperside; 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271607/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">1617</figureCitation>
). Individual variation is weakly pronounced. Length of forewing: 12.513.5mm. Hindwing can be more extensively dusted by blue scales than that of
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFADFFC31D847929FA9C1467" box="[1240,1341,1553,1578]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
, leaving only a black submarginal line. Male genitalia not variable (3 ♂♂ dissected).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7961FBDF154F" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC3199B7961FDE7143F" bold="true" box="[199,582,1625,1650]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
Description of female
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFADFFC3188C7961FDE7143F" box="[464,582,1625,1650]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B0B7961FD41143F" box="[599,736,1625,1650]" captionStart="FIGURES 31 45" captionStartId="9.[151,264,1848,1871]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1827]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,193,1828]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURES 31 45. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 31 34 — A. maoweiweii, paratypes. 35 36 — A. leei, Liaoning; 41 42 — A. leei ssp., Ningshan, Shaanxi. 37 38 — A. frivaldszkyi; 37 — Tianjin; 38 — Changan, Shaanxi. 39 40 — A. luoliangi, paratype, Changan. 43 — A. ferrea, Liaoning. 44 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning. 45 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype, Nanjing. 31, 33, 35, 39, 41 — upperside; 32, 34, 36, 40, 42 — underside; 37 38, 43 45 — upperside (left half) and underside (right half)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271608/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Figs. 3134</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31BB17961FC96143F" box="[749,823,1625,1650]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 75" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1904,1927]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,193,1883]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 61 75. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 61 62 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 63 66, 71 72 — A. clarolinea; 63 64 — holotype, Yulongxueshan; 65 66 — Ludian, Lijiang; 71 72 — Muli, Sichuan. 67 68 — A. chalcidis, Ludian, Lijiang. 69 70 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong. 73 75 — A. caesius, holotype. 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73 — upperside; 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271609/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">6162</figureCitation>
). Sexual dimorphism is found in the following points. Length of forewing: 13.514.0mm. Both wings with a larger ratio of dorsum-length to costa-length than in the males. Termen of forewing more strongly angled at vein 4 than in the males. Termen of hindwing more angled at vein 3 than in the males. Both wings on upperside with more extensive and brighter blue suffusion than in the males. Both wings on underside more densely dusted by whitish scales than in the males.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7835FF4E1523" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
Female genitalia (
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC318CB7835FE58156B" box="[407,505,1805,1830]" captionStart="FIGURES 94 104" captionStartId="15.[151,264,1462,1485]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1441]" captionTargetId="figure@15.[151,1436,193,1442]" captionTargetPageId="15" captionText="FIGURES 94 104. Female genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa in lateral view at same scale. 94 — A. maoweiweii, paratype (Figs. 31 32); 95 — A. leei, Liaoning (Figs. 35 36); 96 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 43); 97 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype (Fig. 45); 98 — A. luoliangi, paratype (Figs. 39 40); 99 — A. frivaldszkyi, Shaanxi (Fig. 38); 100 — A. frivaldszkyi, Tianjin (Fig. 37); 101 — A. leei ssp., Shaanxi (Figs. 41 42); 102 — A. chalcidis, Lijiang; 103 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong (Figs. 69 70); 104 — A. clarolinea, holotype (Figs. 63 64)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271613/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Figs. 94</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFADFFC31B547835FD92156B" box="[520,563,1805,1830]" captionStart="FIGURES 105 129" captionStartId="17.[151,264,1786,1809]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1764]" captionTargetId="figure@17.[151,1436,193,1765]" captionTargetPageId="17" captionText="FIGURES 105 129. Female genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa in ventral view at same scale (except for 109). 105 — A. maoweiweii, paratype (Figs. 31 32); 106 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 43); 107 — A. luoliangi, paratype (Figs. 39 40); 108 — A. clarolinea, holotype (Figs. 63 64); 109 — A. chalybeia, lectotype, after Johnson (1992); 110 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong (Figs. 69 70); 111 — A. chalcidis, Lijiang; 112 — A. frivaldszkyi, Shaanxi (Fig. 38); 113 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype (Fig. 45); 114 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning (Fig. 44); 115 — A. tricaudata ssp., Shaanxi; 116 121, 126 129 — A. frivaldszkyi; 116 118, 127 129 — Shaanxi; 119 — Kangxian, Gansu (Figs. 48 49); 120 — Huixian, Gansu (Figs. 52 53); 121 — Wenxian, Gansu (Figs. 50 51); 126 — Tianjin (Fig. 37); 122 125 — A. leei; 122 — Liaoning (Figs. 35 36); 123 — Shaanxi (Figs. 41 42); 124 125 — Shaanxi." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271614/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">105</figureCitation>
) not variable (2♀♀ dissected). Ductus bursae like in
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFADFFC31DF77836FAB01568" box="[1195,1297,1805,1829]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC31DF77836FAB01568" box="[1195,1297,1805,1829]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but a little stouter. Lamella postvaginalis oblong and slightly transverse, without apparent convolutions or folds on the ventral surface.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657CFFADFFC3199B7841FECC15FB" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC3199B7841FECC15FB" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC3199B7841FEEF15DF" bold="true" box="[199,334,1913,1938]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Etymology.</emphasis>
This new species is named in honor of Mr. Wei-Wei Mao, Shanghai, who collected the
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFADFFC31C797842FAF415DF" box="[1317,1365,1914,1938]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">type</typeStatus>
series of the new species.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657CFFADFFC2199B78F9FC321070" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="412" pageId="2" pageNumber="411" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFADFFC2199B78F9FE7313B8" blockId="2.[151,1437,689,2010]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="412" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFADFFC3199B78F9FE9B1597" bold="true" box="[199,314,1985,2010]" pageId="2" pageNumber="411">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. The extensive blue suffusion on wing uppersides and the pale dustings covering the hindwing underside in both sexes make the new species a very peculiar looking; only
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D547FA0FA3D12FD" authority="Huang &amp; Chen, 2006" authorityName="Huang &amp; Chen" authorityYear="2006" box="[1032,1436,151,176]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarolinea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D547FA0FB3D12FD" box="[1032,1180,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. clarolinea</emphasis>
Huang &amp; Chen, 2006
</taxonomicName>
from Yunnan shares such combination of characters, but in a quite different way. This new species can be distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC2182F7FD8FDA712B5" box="[371,518,224,248]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarolinea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2182F7FD8FDA712B5" box="[371,518,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. clarolinea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following combination of characters: 1) both wings on upperside of male with more greyish blue suffusion, appearing markedly darker; 2) pale scales powdered and dusted on hindwing underside more bluish; 3) pale dustings on hindwing underside sparser in basal and discal areas; 4) black submarginal markings on hindwing underside more clearly defined, contiguous and more deeply waved; 5) hindwing underside without dark sub-tornal spots in spaces 1b2 just outside of the submarginal markings; 6) saccus of male genitalia markedly shorter; 7) upper cornutus of phallus with a higher number of teeth along the distal margin; 8) lamella postvaginalis of female genitalia more strongly angled in shape; 9) ductus bursae markedly shorter and wider.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFACFFC2199B7D38FC321070" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
A comprehensive comparison in male and female genitalia suggests that
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21AA87D38FBF61055" box="[1012,1111,512,536]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21AA87D38FBF61055" box="[1012,1111,512,536]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closest to the new species. However, the two species are quite different in the external features.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657CFFACFFC2199B7D7FFD18165D" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFACFFC2199B7D7FFD18165D" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2199B7D7FFE95102D" bold="true" box="[199,308,583,608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC218147D70FE7B102D" box="[328,474,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. chalybeia</emphasis>
(Leech, 1893)
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21BC37D70FBAC102D" authority="Chou &amp; Li, 1994" authorityName="Chou &amp; Li" authorityYear="1994" box="[671,1037,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chalcidis">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21BC37D70FC8B102D" box="[671,810,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. chalcidis</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC21A6B7D7FFBAC102D" author="Chou" box="[823,1037,583,608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Chou, I. &amp; al. (1994) Monographia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium. Henan Science and Technology." type="book" year="1994">Chou &amp; Li, 1994</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D427D70FAC7102D" authority="Johnson, 1992" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[1054,1382,583,608]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolora">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D427D70FB10102D" box="[1054,1201,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC21DE27D7FFAC7102D" author="Johnson" box="[1214,1382,583,608]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC219CB7D55FE4810C9" box="[151,489,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">Novosatsuma magnapurpurea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC218B37D54FD3010C9" author="Johnson" box="[495,657,620,645]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFACFFC21BFC7D54FC8710C9" box="[672,806,620,645]" captionStart="FIGURES 16 30" captionStartId="8.[151,264,1893,1916]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,193,1872]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURES 16 30. Habitus of Ahlbergia and Novosatsuma males at same scale. 16 17 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 18 21 — A. clarolinea; 18 19 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang; 20 21 — Ludian, Lijiang. 22 27 — A. chalcidis; 22 25 — Ludian, Lijiang; 26 27 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang. 28 30 — N. magnapurpurea, paratype. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 — upperside; 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271607/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">Figs. 2830</figureCitation>
) share a similar combination of following characters: 1) forewing upperside of male with extensive greyish blue suffusion; 2) forewing underside of both sexes with submarginal pale dustings. However, all these species differ in genitalic morphology from the new species.
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21CD87D8CFEA510BD" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolora">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21CD87D8CFEA510BD" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described from a series of specimens from different localities in Yunnan and Sichuan actually belonging to two species; this will be fully discussed in a further paper (Huang &amp; Sun unpublished data). The
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFACFFC219CB7C27FF581175" box="[151,249,799,824]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
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<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2187E7C18FE111175" box="[290,432,800,824]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Nujiang valley, NW Yunnan possesses a smaller number of larger teeth along the distal margin of the upper cornutus in the male genitalia (
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC21A6E7C7CFB971111" author="Johnson" box="[818,1078,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992: fig. 20</bibRefCitation>
) than that of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D8B7C7CFADF1111" box="[1239,1406,836,860]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D8B7C7CFADF1111" box="[1239,1406,836,860]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; a dissection of more male specimens from
<typeStatus id="54D78855FFACFFC21B277C50FD0A11CD" box="[635,683,872,896]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">type</typeStatus>
locality of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21A6B7C50FC6611CD" box="[823,967,872,896]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolora">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21A6B7C50FC6611CD" box="[823,967,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
confirmed such genital difference to be constant. Johnsons (1992: fig. 21) figure of female genitalia for
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21A237CB4FBAC11E9" box="[895,1037,908,932]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolora">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21A237CB4FBAC11E9" box="[895,1037,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
derives from a specimen collected from western Sichuan actually belonging to an undescribed species. The true female genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21DB87C88FAD01185" box="[1252,1393,944,968]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="unicolora">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21DB87C88FAD01185" box="[1252,1393,944,968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. unicolora</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are different from those of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC218F57CECFDF311A1" box="[425,594,980,1004]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC218F57CECFDF311A1" box="[425,594,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having the markedly longer ductus bursae and will be described in a separate paper (Huang &amp; Sun unpublished data).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657CFFACFFC2199B7B24FF7017D1" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFACFFC2199B7B24FB7B16ED" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC2199B7B24FE461679" authority="Johnson, 1992" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[199,487,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caesius">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2199B7B24FE9A1679" box="[199,315,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. caesius</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC218187B24FE461679" author="Johnson" box="[324,487,1052,1077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFACFFC218A57B24FD231678" box="[505,642,1052,1077]" captionStart="FIGURES 61 75" captionStartId="11.[151,264,1904,1927]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1881]" captionTargetId="figure@11.[151,1436,193,1883]" captionTargetPageId="11" captionText="FIGURES 61 75. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 61 62 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 63 66, 71 72 — A. clarolinea; 63 64 — holotype, Yulongxueshan; 65 66 — Ludian, Lijiang; 71 72 — Muli, Sichuan. 67 68 — A. chalcidis, Ludian, Lijiang. 69 70 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong. 73 75 — A. caesius, holotype. 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73 — upperside; 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 — underside." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271609/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">Figs. 7375</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B987B24FC541679" ID-CoL="9CK8B" authority="Johnson, 1992" authorityName="Johnson" authorityYear="1992" box="[708,1013,1052,1077]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B987B24FCE91679" box="[708,840,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. caerulea</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC21A0D7B24FC541679" author="Johnson" box="[849,1013,1052,1077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
are also similar to
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D8A7B24FADC1679" box="[1238,1405,1052,1076]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D8A7B24FADC1679" box="[1238,1405,1052,1076]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in some external characters, both with males unknown. The female genitalia of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D5E7B78FB251615" ID-CoL="9CK8B" box="[1026,1156,1088,1112]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D5E7B78FB251615" box="[1026,1156,1088,1112]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC21DC87B07FA321615" author="Johnson" box="[1172,1427,1087,1112]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson, 1992: fig. 23</bibRefCitation>
) are similar to those of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC218CC7B5CFD941631" box="[400,565,1124,1148]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC218CC7B5CFD941631" box="[400,565,1124,1148]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but with significant difference in the size of the lamella postvaginalis and the length of the ductus bursae.
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC2188F7BB0FDF516ED" ID-CoL="9CK8B" box="[467,596,1160,1184]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="caerulea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2188F7BB0FDF516ED" box="[467,596,1160,1184]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. caerulea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
lacks the extensive pale dustings on the wing undersides.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFACFFC2199B7B94FF7017D1" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
The similarity in genitalia between
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B097B94FD5A1689" box="[597,763,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B097B94FD5A1689" box="[597,763,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21A6D7B94FC351689" box="[817,916,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21A6D7B94FC351689" box="[817,916,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
suggests that
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D6F7B94FB791689" box="[1075,1240,1196,1220]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="maoweiweii">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D6F7B94FB791689" box="[1075,1240,1196,1220]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. maoweiweii</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is closely related to the species of Johnsons (1992)
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B6D7BE8FD3916A5" box="[561,664,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B6D7BE8FD3916A5" box="[561,664,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group. Another similar species,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D4B7BE8FB1A16A5" box="[1047,1211,1232,1256]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D4B7BE8FB1A16A5" box="[1047,1211,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was considered by various authors as very close to the members of Johnsons (1992)
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21ADE7BCCFC471741" box="[898,998,1268,1292]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21ADE7BCCFC471741" box="[898,998,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group; Tshikolovets
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D887BCDFAA41741" box="[1236,1285,1268,1292]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">et al</emphasis>
. (2002) even treated
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC219B07A20FE97177D" box="[236,310,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leei">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC219B07A20FE97177D" box="[236,310,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. leei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(one member of Johnsons
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B297A20FD7B177D" box="[629,730,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B297A20FD7B177D" box="[629,730,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group) as a synonym of
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21AA07A20FB3F177D" box="[1020,1182,1304,1328]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21AA07A20FB3F177D" box="[1020,1182,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. There has been great confusion concerning taxonomy of the following taxa:
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21A5E7A04FEAC1735" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21A5E7A04FC041719" box="[770,933,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">A. frivaldszkyi</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21AED7A04FB701719" box="[945,1233,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="subSpecies" species="frivaldszkyi" subSpecies="tricaudata">A. frivaldszkyi tricaudata</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D807A04FAE31719" box="[1244,1346,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">A. ferrea</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21C117A04FA361719" box="[1357,1431,1340,1364]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="leei">A. leei</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC219CB7A58FEAC1735" box="[151,269,1376,1400]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="confusa">A. confusa</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC218197A58FE71173A" box="[325,464,1376,1399]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="inopinata">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC218197A58FE71173A" box="[325,464,1376,1399]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. inopinata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. They will be discussed below. A distributional map of all these taxa is provided (
<figureCitation id="13572A72FFACFFC21C337A67FF6417D1" captionStart="FIGURE 139" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1727,1749]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,303,1705]" captionTargetId="figure@20.[151,1436,303,1705]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 139. Distribution of A. frivaldszkyi, A. ferrea, A. leei, A. maoweiweii, A. inopinata and A. tricaudata in China." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/271616/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">Fig. 139</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C376657CFFACFFC2199B7A9FFD4C144A" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BD336F7FFACFFC2199B7A9FFD4C144A" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,1544]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
Though
<bibRefCitation id="EFFD4B06FFACFFC218767A9FFE7A178D" author="Johnson" box="[298,475,1447,1472]" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" refString="Johnson, K. (1992) The Palaearctic &quot; Elfin &quot; Butterflies (Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten, 29, 1 - 141." type="journal article" year="1992">Johnson (1992)</bibRefCitation>
separated
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B007A90FD4C178D" box="[604,749,1448,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chalybeia">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B007A90FD4C178D" box="[604,749,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. chalybeia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21A347A90FBAC178D" box="[872,1037,1448,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="frivaldszkyi">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21A347A90FBAC178D" box="[872,1037,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. frivaldszkyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21D107A90FB15178D" box="[1100,1204,1448,1472]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="ferrea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21D107A90FB15178D" box="[1100,1204,1448,1472]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. ferrea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
groups, there is no morphological evidence to support such splitting. Therefore, the following three species are also discussed below in detail:
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC2185D7AC8FDBE1445" box="[257,543,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC2185D7AC8FE311445" box="[257,400,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chalybeia">A. chalybeia</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC218C77AC8FDBE1445" box="[411,543,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="chalcidis">A. chalcidis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C6C4D74FFACFFC21B097AC8FD471445" box="[597,742,1520,1544]" class="Insecta" family="Lycaenidae" genus="Ahlbergia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="3" pageNumber="412" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="clarolinea">
<emphasis id="B918EAE5FFACFFC21B097AC8FD471445" box="[597,742,1520,1544]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="412">A. clarolinea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
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