Cyana perornata ( Walker, 1854 )

Singh, Navneet, Volynkin, Anton V., Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh & Ivanova, Maria S., 2020, A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4738 (1), pp. 1-93 : 55-57

Cyana perornata ( Walker, 1854)

( Figs 150–152 , 231 , 285 )

Bizone perornata Walker, 1854 , List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum 2: 548 (Type locality: [E Bangladesh or NE India, S Meghalaya] “Silhet”).

Type material examined. Lectotype (designated herein) ( Fig. 150 ): ♀, handwritten label “Silhet. 45-33” / printed label “1. Bizone perornata . ” / printed round label with a green circle “Type” / printed label with a unique identifier “NHMUK010402101” (Coll. NHMUK).

Other material examined. WEST BENGAL: 2 ♂, India W.B., 850 m, Darjeeling, Pashok , 4.VII.1986, leg. W. Thomas (Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 1 ♂, India, W.B., 650m, Darjeeling, Rambi , 28.III.1986, leg. W. Thomas, slide MWM 34443 (♂) Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM); ASSAM : 7 ♂, NE India, Assam, Kaziranga Wild Life, Pan Bari Reserve Forest , 26°45’N, 93°10’E, 100 m, 12–21.XI.1997, leg. V. Siniaev & M. Murzin (Coll. MWM / ZSM) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, NE India, Assam, Nameri Nat. Park , 40 km N Tezpur, 150 m, 27°20’N, 93°15’E, 24.VII–2.VIII.1997, leg. Sinjaev & Murzin, slide MWM 34444 (♀) Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM); MEGHALAYA : 1 ♂, NE India, Assam, W Megha- laya, Garo Hills, Nokrek National Park , 25°40’N, 91°04’E, 1150 m, 2–13.VII.1997, leg. Afonin & Sinajev (Coll. MWM / ZSM); MIZORAM : 1 ♀, Mizoram, Thingsul , 18.IX.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi (Coll. NZCZSI) ; 1 ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Raga , 5.V.2016, leg. H.S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI); ARUNACHAL PRADESH : 1 ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Daporijo , 7.V.2016, leg. H.S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI) .

Remark. The species was described based on several specimens from two distant localities (Sylhet and Java) ( Walker 1854). To avoid any confusion in the future, here we designate the female specimen deposited in the NHMUK collection and labeled as “Type” as lectotype, and fix the species’ type locality as “Silhet”.

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 22–24 mm in males and 23–25 mm in females. Cyana perornata can be easily distinguished from other Indian congeners by its large size and the presence of only one black discal spot in both sexes. In the male genitalia, the sclerotized valva apex, the large ampulla directed distally and the long and narrow aedeagus are characteristic. In the female genitalia, the ductus bursae is heavily sclerotized, extremely long and strongly connected to the 7 th abdominal sternite.

Distribution. North East India ( Hampson 1900; Singh et al. 2014), Nepal ( Kishida 1994), Bangladesh ( Walker 1854), China (Yunnan) ( Fang 2000), Thailand ( Černý & Pinratana 2009), Vietnam, Cambodia ( Bayarsaikhan & Bae 2016) and Sundaland ( Holloway 2001; Bucsek 2012).

Figures

FIGURES 144–152. Cyana spp.: adults. 144, C. selangorica selangorica, holotype ♂, W Malaysia (©NHMUK); 145, ditto, ♂, W Malaysia (MWM/ZSM); 146, ditto, ♀, W Malaysia (©NHMUK); 147, C. selangorica paeninsulana, ♂, India, Mizoram (NZCZSI); 148, ditto, ♂, S Thailand (©NHMUK); 149, ditto, paratype ♀, S Thailand (CKC); 150, C. perornata, lectotype ♀, Bangladesh, Sylhet (©NHMUK); 151, ditto, ♂, India, West Bengal (MWM/ZSM); 152, ditto, ♀, India, Assam (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 230–233. Cyana spp.: male genitalia. 230, C. selangorica paeninsulana, paratype, S Thailand, slide AV4666 Volynkin; 231, C. perornata, India, West Bengal, slide MWM 34443 Volynkin; 232, C. conclusa conclusa, Malaysia, slide MWM 34561 Volynkin; 233, C. conclusa nicobara, holotype, India, the Nicobar Islands.

FIGURES 282–287. Cyana spp.: female genitalia. 282, C. trilobata, Nepal, slide ZSM Arct. 58/2017 Volynkin; 283, C. selangorica selangorica, Malaysia, slide NHMUK010315790 Volynkin; 284, C. selangorica paeninsulana, paratype, Thailand, slide AV4667 Volynkin; 285, C. perornata, India, Assam, slide MWM 34444 Volynkin; 286, C. conclusa conclusa, Malaysia, slide MWM 37066 Volynkin; 287, C. conclusa nicobara, paratype, India, Nicobar Isls, slide NHMUK010315747 Volynkin.