Barsine pretiosa Moore, 1879

Huang, Si-Yao, Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel, Wang, Min & Fan, Xiao-Ling, 2019, Contribution to the knowledge on the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 from mainland China and Indochina, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini), Zootaxa 4711 (3), pp. 495-516 : 502

Barsine pretiosa Moore, 1879

( Figs 17–28 , 55–62 64, 68 , 78 )

Barsine pretiosa Moore, 1879: 394 (Type locality: [N India, Himachal Pradesh] “Dharmsala, N.W. Himalaya”).

= Barsine pseudomactans Volynkin & Černý 2016c: 307 , figs 7–10, 20–21, 24 (Type locality: “[E India] Sikkim, Phedong”), syn. nov.

Type material examined. Holotype (by monotypy) of Barsine pretiosa : ♂, yellowish-grey handwritten label “ Dharmsala ” [N India, Himachal Pradesh] / yellowish-grey handwritten label “ Barsine pretiosa , ♂ (Type) Moore” / printed yellowish-grey label “Moore Coll. 94–106” / printed round yellowish-grey label with a red circle “Type” / printed white label with QR-code “ NHMUK010604324 ” (Coll. NHMUK); holotype of Barsine pseudomactans : [E India] “ Sikkim, Phedong, R. P. Desgodins [leg.]” / “Ex Oberthür Coll., Brit. Mus. 1927–3” / label with QR-code “ NHMUK010604331 ”, slide NHMUK10313191 (former BMNH (E) Arct-6491 ♂) Volynkin (Coll. NHMUK).

Other material examined. CHINA. 6 ♂, altitude 2430 m, 13.VII.2013, Tacheng Town, Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China , leg. Min Wang, Hai-ling Zhuang & Zhen-fu Huang ( SCAU) ; 1 ♂, altitude 2100 m, 17.VII.2018, Samage, Tacheng Town , Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China , leg. Shi-fang Mo & Zhi-peng Miu ( SCAU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, altitude 1390 m, 4.X.2010, 29°34′596″N, 95°28′026″E, 96K, Motuo County, Linzhi Division, Xizang Autonomous Prefecture , P. R . China , leg. Hai-ming Xu ( SCAU) ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀, altitude 2200m, 9.VIII.2018, Mts. Ailao, Xinping County, Yuxi City , Yunnan Province, P. R . China , leg. Si-yao Huang ( SCAU) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, China / Yunnan pr., 18 km SW Baoshan, 2100 m, 16–19. V .2003, S. Murzin leg. ( MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, 8 ♀, China , prov. Yunnan, Nuijang Lisi & Dulong Aut. Pref, 42 km N of Fugong, 27°15’N, 98°55’E, 1390 m, 15–27.X.1999, leg. Dr. Ronald Brechlin, slide MWM 33947 (♂) Volynkin ( MWM / ZSM) ; 7 ♂, 7 ♀, China / Yunnan prov., Fugong county, Lishadi (= Walo ), 15–27.X.1999, 27°15’N, 98°55’E, 1390 m, 42 km N of Fugong, leg. / ex coll. Dr. Ronald Brechlin, slide MWM 35658 (♂) Volynkin ( MWM / ZSM) ; 2 ♂, 4 ♀, China, Prov. W-Yünnan, Xishuangbanna Dai auton. pref., Puwen , 30 km SSW Simao, 900 m, 22’30”N, 100’02”E, 16.III.–10.IV.2000, lg. Brechlin’s loc. coll. ( MWM / ZSM) ; 1 ♂, China / Qingchenghoushan Mts. , 70 km NW Chengdu, 1400 m, 15–20. VI .2005, leg. S., V., M. Murzin, slide MWM 33935 (♂) Volynkin ( MWM / ZSM) ; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, China / Yunnan ( NW), Yunlong county, 2460 m, Fengshuining—Mts. , 13 km N of Cao- jian, 25°46’N, 99°06’E, 10–23. VI .1999, leg. / ex. coll. Dr. R. Brechlin, slides MWM 35695 (♂) , MWM 35699 (♀) Volynkin ( MWM / ZSM); Additional material : 429 specimens of both sexes from NE Pakistan (Punjab), N and NE India (Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh , Sikkim , north of West Bengal , Meghalaya ), Nepal , Bhutan and N Myanmar ( Kachin State ) ( NHMUK, MWM / ZSM) .

Remarks. 1. Barsine pseudomactans was described based on a small amount of material having small external and genital differences from specimens originating from the same part of Himalaya as the holotype of B. pretiosa . Further examination of more than four hundreds additional specimens from various areas of India, Nepal, Myanmar and China displayed a rather wide range of its infraspecific variability. This fact makes obvious a conspecificity of pseudomactans and pretiosa . Thus, here we establish the new synonymy: Barsine pretiosa Moore, 1879 = Barsine pseudomactans Volynkin & Černý 2016 , syn. nov. 2. Huang et al. (2018) wrongly identified Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov. as B. pseudomactans and reported B. pseudomactans as a new record from China. Here we illustrate the true B. pretiosa from China for the first time. The external appearance of Chinese populations varies from a normal form similar to Himalayan populations ( Figs 17–18 , 23 ) to an extreme melanistic form (fig. 19), displaying a wider range of variability than Himalayan populations, but the examination of male genitalia proves they all belong to the same species. The species is also here recorded from Myanmar and Pakistan for the first time. The differences between B. pretiosa and B. fangchenglaiae sp. nov. have already been listed in the description of the new species.

Distribution. China * (W Sichuan, NW and C Yunnan, SE Xizang), Myanmar * (Kachin State), Nepal ( Volynkin & Černý, 2016c), Bhutan ( Volynkin & Černý, 2016c), N and NE India ( Volynkin & Černý, 2016c), NE Pakistan * (Punjab).

Figures

FIGURES 9–20. Barsine spp.: 9, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov. ♀, paratype, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan (SCAU); 10, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Mt. Dongla, Sichuan (SCAU); 11, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Chiang Mai, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 12, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., ♀, paratype, Mt. Fansipan, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 13, B. mactans, ♂, Cuona, Xizang (SCAU); 14, B. mactans, ♀, Cuona, Xizang (SCAU); 15, B. mactans, ♂, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 16, B. mactans, ♀, Mt. Kanchenjunga, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 17, B. pretiosa, ♂, Motuo, Xizang (SCAU); 18, B. pretiosa, ♂, Weixi, Yunnan (SCAU); 19, B. pretiosa, ♂, Mts. Ailao, Yunnan (SCAU); 20, B. pretiosa, ♀, Mts. Ailao, Yun- nan (SCAU). Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGURES 21–30. Barsine spp.: 21, B. pretiosa, HT, ♂, Dharmsala, India (NHMUK); 22, B. pretiosa, HT of B. pseudomactans, ♂, Phedong, India (NHMUK); 23, B.pretiosa, ♂, Qingchenghoushan, Sichuan (MWM/ZSM); 24, B. pretiosa, ♂, Kumaon, India (MWM/ZSM). 25, B. pretiosa, ♂, Ganesh Himal., Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 26, B. pretiosa, ♂, 25 km E. Putao, Myanmar (MWM/ ZSM); 27, B. pretiosa, ♂, Himachal Predesh, India (MWM/ZSM); 28, B. pretiosa, ♂, Pemayangtse, India (MWM/ZSM); 29, B. defecta defecta, ♂, Mechi, Nepal (MWM/ZSM); 30, B. defecta defecta, ♂, Motuo, Xizang (SCAU) Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGURES 55–58. ♂ genitalia of Barsine pretiosa: 55, Uttarakhand, India; 56, Phedong, Sikkim, India, HT of B. pseudomactans; 57, Pemayangtse, Sikkim, India; 58, Mt. Ganesh Himal, Nepal.

FIGURES 59–62. ♂ genitalia of Barsine pretiosa: 59, Kachin, Myanmar; 60, Fugong, Yunnan; 61, Qingchenghoushan, Sichuan; 62, Mt. Ailao, Yunnan.

FIGURES 63–68. Diagnostic features of Barsine spp. based on ♂ genitalia. 63, 66, B. fangchenglaiae sp. nov.; 64, 67, B. pretiosa; 65, 68, B. mactans; a= length of basal saccular process; b= length of lobes of distal saccular process.; c= size of cornuti on 2nd medial diverticulum.

FIGURES 75–80. ♀ genitalia of Barsine ssp: 75, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dongla, Sichuan; 76, Barsine fangchenglaiae sp. nov., paratype, Mt. Dawei, Yunnan; 77, B. mactans, Cuona, Xizang; 78, B. pretiosa, Mt. Ailao, Yunnan; 79, B. flammealis, Baoshan, Yunnan; 80, B. gratissima gratissima, Baoshan, Yunnan.