Ahlbergia tricaudata confusa Huang, Chen & Li

Huang, Hao & Zhu, Jian-Qing, 2016, Ahlbergia maoweiweii sp. n. from Shaanxi, China with revisional notes on similar species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 4114 (4), pp. 409-433 : 427

Ahlbergia tricaudata confusa Huang, Chen & Li , new status

( Figs. 15 , 45 , 81 , 97 , 113 )

Ahlbergia confusa Huang, Chen & Li, 2006: 175 , figs. 1, 2, 4 for genitalia, cpl. 4, figs. E–F for habitus.

Material. CHINA: Jiangsu Province: 4♂♂, 5♀♀ (CHH, holotype and paratypes), Nanjing, 28.III.2004 & IV.2006; Fujian Province: 1♂ ( CLM, paratype), Fuzhou, no further collecting data; 1♂, 2♀♀ ( CZJQ), Nanjing, Baohuashan, 4–5.IV.2012, J.-Q. Zhu leg.. All specimens dissected.

Identification. Specimens examined in this work belong to type material of A. confusa or are topotypic.

Taxonomy. The male and female genitalic characters are in common with those of A. tricaudata from Northeast China as discussed above, thus A. confusa is treated herein as a subspecies of A. tricaudata .

Subspecific characters. Compared with ssp. tricaudata , the dark basal half of hindwing underside in both sexes is less blackish and more reddish, and not edged on the outer side by a clear contiguous white line in spaces 1–5.

Distribution. Jiangsu, Fujian.

Figures

FIGURES 1 – 15. Habitus of Ahlbergia males at same scale. 1 – 6 — A. maoweiweii; 1 – 4 — paratypes; 5 – 6 — holotype. 7 – 8 — A. frivaldszkyi, Chang’an, Shaanxi. 9 – 10 — A. luoliangi, holotype, Chang’an. 11 – 12 — A. leei ssp., Chang’an. 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).

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 — Chang’an, Shaanxi. 39 – 40 — A. luoliangi, paratype, Chang’an. 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).

FIGURES 81 – 85. 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). 81 — A. tricaudata confusa, paratype (Fig. 15); 82 – 84 — A. leei ssp., Chang’an; 85 — A. frivaldszkyi, Tianjin. (G, D, R, V at same scale as shown in 81; C at same scale as shown in 81; red arrows directed to important characters mentioned in text).

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).

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.