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, brownish ochre. Body brownish. Antenna about one-third of forewing length, beige with brownish pectinations. Forewing upperside: Ground colour reddish-beige, with three distinctly transverse darker brown bands overlain by a faintly silvery sheen. Discal spot creamy yellow. Postdiscal band straight, running from costa to inner margin. Terminal band inwardly wavy with silvery sheen. Apical patch brownish with obscure boundary inwardly. Forewing underside: Buff-brown peppered with darker scales, basal half covered with reddish hair forming a patch. Discal band darker and distinct, running from costa into the basal reddish patch. Submarginal line distinct, Y-shaped running from apex and costa to cell CuA
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, bifurcating in cell M
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. Hindwing upperside: Ground colour brownish-red. Darker postdiscal line obscure, with narrow black outer margin. Hindwing underside: Postdiscal and submarginal bands brownish-red, distinctly delineated. Cilia creamy yellow.
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In total, seven genitalia were dissected. Overall heavily sclerotized. Tegumen and vinculum broad, the latter with a short saccus (
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); uncus broadest at base, elongate towards a bifurcate tip (
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); apical third ventrally with a median ridge that bifurcate into two apical ridges, and which is individually variable in shape (see
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). Valve broad in basal half, nearly rhombic, elongate and more membranous in the distal half, covered with dense setae, harpe triangular, broad at base and gradually narrowed, then abruptly downward into hooked tip (
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). Phallus of moderate length, straight; basal half narrower; distal half approximately of equal width; tip elongated and pointed with smooth cornuti (
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The two known species (
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and
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20EEEFDD3E40B183E" box="[902,1031,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) can be distinguished by the following characters: (1)
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20C01FDFFE1E618DA" box="[361,490,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more reddish than
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20FB2FDFFE33318DA" box="[730,831,619,645]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in external appearance. (2) The brownish apical patch of forewing upperside in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20CC5FD1BE21D18F6" box="[429,529,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
more distinct than
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20F8CFD1BE36818F6" box="[740,868,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (3) The postdiscal band of forewing in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20874FD1BE59018F6" box="[1308,1436,655,681]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is straighter than that of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20CCCFD27E2041892" box="[420,520,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (4) The discal band on the forewing underside in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA2095DFD27E4B91892" box="[1077,1205,691,717]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is more distinct than that of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20D8FFD43E14118AE" box="[231,333,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (5) The postdiscal and submarginal bands in hindwing underside are more distinct in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20873FD43E59018AE" box="[1307,1436,727,753]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). Genitally: (1) The pointed triangular tip in the uncus of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20EFAFD6FE3F4194A" box="[914,1016,763,789]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is far less obvious, appearing almost rounded. (2) The harpe is thinner and sharper in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20FDDFC8BE3161966" box="[693,794,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20E1DFC8BE3FB1966" box="[885,1015,799,825]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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and
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="256ACC7BFFD2FFA20DAFFCD7E1CE1E05" blockId="9.[151,1437,151,1114]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">
The new species resembles
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20C94FCD7E2701902" box="[508,636,835,861]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from central
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but can be distinguished from the following characteristics: (1) Its smaller size on average, (2) the brownish apical patch of forewing upperside more distinct than
<taxonomicName id="E2D5B7F8FFD2FFA208ECFCF3E0F519FA" authorityName="Brechlin" authorityYear="2015" class="Insecta" family="Sphingidae" genus="Rhodambulyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="kitchingi">
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA208ECFCF3E0F519FA" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, (3) the duller silvery sheen on the forewing upperside in new species. (4) The discal band on the forewing underside in the new species is not as distinct as that in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20E6CFC3BE3891996" box="[772,901,943,969]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (5) The narrow black margin fades inwardly in hindwing upperside of new species, but this feature is not obvious in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20ECDFC47E42B19B2" box="[933,1063,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). In male genitalia, the diagnostic differences are: (1) the uncus of the new species is not gradually tapered distally as it is in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20872FC63E5901E4E" box="[1306,1436,1015,1041]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
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(2) the dorsal margin of harpe is smoother rather than wavy in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20E35FB8FE3D31E6A" box="[861,991,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
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(3) the phallus is shorter with a shorter tip (
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and
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20DFFF89EE11E1D7D" bold="true" box="[151,274,1802,1826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Enlarged uncus, valve, and phallus of male genitalia of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20E2BF89EE42F1D7D" box="[835,1059,1802,1826]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">Rhodambulyx xinyuae</emphasis>
Xu, Melichar &amp; He
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20998F89EE54C1D7D" bold="true" box="[1264,1344,1802,1826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0C92AD12FFD2FFA20998F89EE54C1D7D" box="[1264,1344,1802,1826]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, Simianshan, Chongqing, China (AF);
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20CB5F8BBE25E1D19" box="[477,594,1838,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. kitchingi</emphasis>
Brechlin, 2015
</taxonomicName>
, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam (GL); and
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20915F8BBE4D41D19" box="[1149,1240,1838,1862]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="4144B18AFFD2FFA209B7F8BAE55C1D19" author="Mell, R." box="[1247,1360,1838,1862]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" pagination="135 - 152" refId="ref7886" refString="Mell, R. (1939) Beitrage zur Fauna sinica. XVIII. Noch unbeschriebene chinesische Lepidopteren (V). Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin, 52, 135 - 152." type="journal article" year="1939">Mell, 1939</bibRefCitation>
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, Dayao Shan, Guangxi, China (MO). A, D, G, J, and M: ventral-lateral view of uncus; B, E, H, K, and N: posterior view of valve and harpe; C, F, I, L, and O: lateral view of phallus.
</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E2D5B7F8FFD2FFA20DAFF828E1B21D89" authority="Xu &amp; Melichar &amp; He &amp; Zhang &amp; Zhang &amp; Feng &amp; Hu, 2022" authorityName="Xu &amp; Melichar &amp; He &amp; Zhang &amp; Zhang &amp; Feng &amp; Hu" authorityYear="2022" box="[199,446,1980,2006]" class="Insecta" family="Sphingidae" genus="Rhodambulyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="xinyuae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20DAFF828E1B21D89" box="[199,446,1980,2006]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">Rhodambulyx xinyuae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20CACF828E2111D89" bold="true" box="[452,541,1980,2006]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="0C92AD12FFD2FFA20CACF828E2111D89" box="[452,541,1980,2006]" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is also similar to
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20FB6F829E34E1D89" box="[734,834,1980,2006]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However: (1) The delimited subquadrate creamy yellow patch on the forewing in the new species is more evident than that in
<taxonomicName id="E2D5B7F8FFD2FFA20EA1F875E4221DA5" authorityName="Mell" authorityYear="1939" box="[969,1070,2016,2042]" class="Insecta" family="Sphingidae" genus="Rhodambulyx" kingdom="Animalia" order="Lepidoptera" pageId="9" pageNumber="57" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="davidi">
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD2FFA20EA1F875E4221DA5" box="[969,1070,2016,2042]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="57">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. (2) The postdiscal band of forewing upperside in the new species, straighter than that in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10E4AFF03E3841AEE" box="[802,904,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. davidi</emphasis>
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. (3) The postmedial and submarginal bands on hindwing underside of the new species are more distinct than those of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10EC0FF2FE4011A8A" box="[936,1037,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. davidi</emphasis>
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. (4) The narrow black outer margin of the hindwing fades inwardly in the new species, which is not obvious in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10E83FF4BE45D1AA6" box="[1003,1105,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="BDEED0FEFFD1FFA10908FF4BE4CE1AA6" box="[1120,1218,223,249]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1309,1333]" captionTargetBox="[154,1432,258,1286]" captionTargetId="figure-45@6.[154,1432,258,1286]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 3. Rhodambulyx xinyuae Xu, Melichar &amp; He sp. nov. (AD) and three similar taxa, R. kitchingi Brechlin, 2015 (EH) R. davidi Mell, 1939 (IJ), and R. davidi namvui (KL).AB: ♂, HOLOTYPE, Simianshan, Chongqing, China; CD: ♂, PARA- TYPE, same locality as holotype; EF: ♂, Da Nang, Lam Dong, Vietnam; GH: ♂, Bach Ma, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam; IJ: ♂, Dayao shan, Guangxi China; KL: ♂, HOLOTYPE, Phia Den, Cao Bang, Vietnam, © Ulf Eitschberger. Scale bar = 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6332508" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6332508/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">Figure 3</figureCitation>
). In male genitalia, the diagnostic differences are: (1) The pointed triangular tip in the uncus of
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10E82FE97E4431B42" box="[1002,1103,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. davidi</emphasis>
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is far less obvious, appearing almost rounded. (2) The harpe is sharper in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10FE9FEB3E2EA1B1E" box="[641,742,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. davidi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
than in
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<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10E29FEB3E3BB1B1F" box="[833,951,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">R. xinyuae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<emphasis id="17A11069FFD1FFA10ED7FEB3E4141B1E" bold="true" box="[959,1048,295,321]" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">
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</emphasis>
(
<figureCitation id="BDEED0FEFFD1FFA1094FFEB3E48A1B1E" box="[1063,1158,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1107,1131]" captionTargetBox="[301,1279,194,1066]" captionTargetId="figure-25@7.[289,1297,179,1081]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Rhodambulyx xinyuae Xu, Melichar &amp; He sp. nov., Simianshan, Chongqing, China (AB); R. kitchingi Brechlin, 2015, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam (CD); and R. davidi Mell, 1939, Dayao shan, Guangxi, China (E)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6332510" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6332510/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">Figure 4</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="BDEED0FEFFD1FFA109D5FEB3E5111B1E" box="[1213,1309,295,321]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1802,1826]" captionTargetBox="[159,1424,1141,1772]" captionTargetId="figure-521@9.[154,1434,1134,1775]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 7. Enlarged uncus, valve, and phallus of male genitalia of Rhodambulyx xinyuae Xu, Melichar &amp; He sp. nov., Simianshan, Chongqing, China (AF); R. kitchingi Brechlin, 2015, Thua Thien Hue, Vietnam (GL); and R. davidi Mell, 1939, Dayao Shan, Guangxi, China (MO). A, D, G, J, and M: ventral-lateral view of uncus; B, E, H, K, and N: posterior view of valve and harpe; C, F, I, L, and O: lateral view of phallus." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6332516" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6332516/files/figure.png" pageId="10" pageNumber="58">Figure 7</figureCitation>
).
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