Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009

Singh, Navneet, Ahmad, Jalil, Chandra, Kailash & Solovyev, Alexey V., 2021, A new species of the genus Thespea Solovyev and four newly recorded species of Limacodidae from India (Lepidoptera: Zygaenoidea), Zootaxa 4927 (1), pp. 123-132 : 126

Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009

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Parasa julikatis Solovyev & Witt, 2009: 113 .

Type material examined. Holotype: ♂, Vietnam (N), Mts Fan-si-pan, N-side, Chapa (22º17’N, 103º44’E, 1600 m, 20–30.XI.1995), leg. Sinjaev & loc. (MWM) . Paratypes: 6 ♂ listed by Solovyev & Witt (2009).

Other material examined. India: 1 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang , 02.iv.2017, leg. B. Saikia & Party (NZCZSI, 7020/ H10) .

Diagnosis. Morphologically, P. julikatis and P. shirakii Kawada, 1930 look very similar and can be confused with each other. However, the former is recognizable by the broader marginal brown border of the forewing which also shows a stronger invagination in its lower third. In male genitalia, the uncus is robust, broader at base with distal region shorter, the valva is simple and aedeagus is strongly curved at basal half. Moreover, P. shirakii is so far known only from Taiwan.

Distribution. Vietnam, China (Shaanxi, Sichuan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Hainan), northern Thailand ( Solovyev 2014) and India (Arunachal Pradesh). This is the first record from India.

Figures

FIGURES 1–11. Adults (dorsal view). 1, Thespea aka, sp. nov., holotype ♂; 2, T. aka, sp. nov., paratype ♂; 3, T. heringi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 25 km E Putao, env. Nan Sa Bon (MWM); 4, T. siniaevi, holotype ♂, Myanmar, 65 km NE Putao (MWM); 5, Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri (NZCZSI); 6, M. repanda ♂, India NE, Assam, Kaziranga, Wild Life res., Pan Bari, 26˚45`N, 93˚10`E, 100m, leg, V. Sinyaev (MWM); 7, M. pseudorepanda pseudorepanda ♂, China, Sichuan, Volonong Res., Siguliang Shan, 31˚09`, 103˚20`E, leg. Sinyaev & team (MWM); 8, Parasa julikatis ♂, India, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang (NZCZSI); 9, P. julikatis ♂, Vietnam, Mts. Fan-si-pan, Chapa, holotype (MWM); 10, Thosea lutea ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Laxmi nagar (NZCZSI); 11, Mambarona congrua ♂, India, A & N Islands, Great Nicobar Island, Galathea (NZCZSI). Scale bar: 1 cm.

FIGURES 16–19. Male genitalia (ventral view with aedeagus detached in lateral view). 16, Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri (NZCZSI, 7019/ H10/ gen); 17, Parasa julikatis, Arunachal Pradesh, Upper Siang (NZCZSI, 7020/ H10); 18, Thosea lutea, Great Nicobar Island, Laxmi nagar (NZCZSI, 7201/ H10); 19, Mambarona congrua, Great Nicobar Island, Galathea (NZCZSI, 6677/ H10/ gen).