Agalope bieti (Oberthur, 1886)

Huang, Si-Yao, Zhu, Li-Juan, Chen, En-Yong, Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Min, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Pan, Zhao-Hui & Espeland, Marianne, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae), Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 557-574 : 567-568

The Agalope bieti species-group

Species included: A. basiflava ( Moore, 1879b) , A. bieti ( Oberthür, 1886) , A. dejeani Oberthür, 1893 , A. lucia Oberthür, 1923 .

Diagnosis. See above in the diagnosis of the A. pica species-group.

Remarks. Within the A. bieti species-group, A. bieti ( Fig. 28 ) is different from its two Chinese congeners, A. dejeani and A. lucia by the posterior part of the antemedial and medial bands not bent inwards but straightly reaching the dorsum instead. The feature in fact, fits well with that of certain species in the A. pica species-group, e. g. A. haoi sp. n. In addition, the externally similar A. haoi sp. n. described above is a member of A. pica species-group without any doubt, so there is a possibility that A. bieti should also be assigned to A. pica species-group. However, this conclusion can only be asserted after examining the genitalia of A. bieti .

Distribution. Northern India and Southwestern China ( Fig. 68 ).

Figures

FIGURES 68. Distribution map of Agalope spp. in SE Asia.

FIGURES 21–30. Adults of Agalope spp. 21, Agalope lucia, female, syntype, Tsekou, Yunnan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. Mamoru Owada; 22, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan (CHSY); 23, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan, GSAG3 (CHSY); 24, ditto, male, Badi, Weixi, Yunnan, AG04 (CHSY); 25, ditto, male, Samage, Weixi, Yunnan, AG03 (SCAU); 26, A. dejeani, male, Jinchuan, Sichuan, JCAG2(CHSY); 27, ditto, JCAG1(CHSY); 28, A. bieti, male, HT, Kangding, Sichuan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. K.A. Efetov; 29, A. jianqingi sp. n., male, HT, Pianma, Yunnan (CHSY); 30, A. primularis, male, Nepal, after Owada & Horie (2000). Scale bar for figs 21–27, 29.