Lamproptera curius hsinningae Hu, Zhang & Cotton, 2023

Hu, Shao-Ji, Cotton, Adam M., Lamas, Gerardo, Duan, Kuang & Zhang, Xin, 2023, Checklist of Yunnan Papilionidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) with nomenclatural notes and descriptions of new subspecies, Zootaxa 5362 (1), pp. 1-69 : 14-15

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.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Types of two new subspecies of Lamproptera curius; upperside on the first row, underside on the second row; A–B: L. curius hsinningae Hu & Cotton ssp. nov., A: holotype, ♂, B: paratype, ♂; C–E: L. curius yangtzeanus Hu & Cotton ssp. nov., C: holotype, ♂, D: paratype, ♂, E: paratype, ♀; scale bar = 10 mm.