Noseozephyrus lisus, Zhuang, Hailing, Yago, Masaya & Wang, Min, 2015

Zhuang, Hailing, Yago, Masaya & Wang, Min, 2015, Theclini butterflies from Weixi, China, with description of two new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 3985 (1), pp. 142-150 : 145-146

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3985.1.8
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B13BFBE0-65AD-4A1C-8E8C-A6295C58413C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6101924
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C887BF-FF84-3D40-FF26-FBCF22D1FEA1
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Noseozephyrus lisus
status	sp. nov.

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Noseozephyrus lisus sp. n.

( Figs. 20, 21 View FIGURES 2 – 27 , 37 View FIGURES 28 – 40 )

Type material. Holotype: ♂, Weixi, Yunnan, 16. VII. 2013, 2870 m, leg Wang Min ( SCAU). Paratypes: 3 ♂♂, Weixi, Yunnan, 16. VII. 2013, 2870 m, leg Zhuang Hailing, Huang Zhenfu ( SCAU); 2 ♂♂, Weixi, Yunnan, 16. VII. 2013, 2870 m, leg Zhuang Hailing, Huang Zhenfu ( UMUT).

Diagnosis. External appearance of the new species, Noseozephyrus lisus sp. n., is similar to the allopatric type species, Noseozephyrus yukinobui Koiwaya, 2002 . But it can be easily distinguished by the pattern of wings and their male genitalia. the male adult of the new species with white stain on the upperside of forewing, the underside of hindwing with reduced orange and black spots in space 2 and tornal. The uncus of male genitalia bifurcate. Valva broader and with blunt ending. But the male adult of N. Yukinobui without distinct white stain on the forewing upperside, and female adult with smaller white stain on similar place. Uncus truncate plane, valva with narrower process ( Koiwaya, 2002, 2007).

Description. Adult ( Figs. 20, 21 View FIGURES 2 – 27 ): wingspan 32–34 mm, labial palpus white, eyes brown with long hairs, surrounded by white scales. Antenna black alternating with white, the basal slender and the terminal inflation. Upperside of wings with metallic blue scales, the forewings marginal band black, broad in apex angle area and space 2, the margin of space 1a and 1b with white long marginal hairs, male adults with a large white stain in the middle of wings, hindwings with a short tail, discoidal streak area and spaces 2–5 area with white scales. Underside of the wings gray white slightly tinged with pale blue, the black streak broader and more clear in forewings than hindwings, forewings from space 1b to space 6 every area with a black crescent spots in submarginal and connected into an indented belt, postdistal band black, from space 2 to space 7 uniformly extension, discoidal streak black, hindwings submarginal band black crescent independently, postdistal band narrow and sinuous.

Male genitalia ( Fig. 37 View FIGURES 28 – 40 ): Uncus broad, width longer than height, bifurcate, socii short, like globular expansion, lateral window small with reduced and circular falx. Valva shoe-shaped, the margin of sacculus distinct curl inwardly, costa L-shaped. Aedeagus sample and subzonal sheath longer than suprazonal sheath, slightly curved.

Distribution. China (Yunnan).

Etymology. The specific name is derived from Lisu referring to the minority ethnic groups living in Weixi. Remarks. The genus Noseozephyrus was erected by Koiwaya (2007), with the Myanmar species, Howarthia yukinobui Koiwaya, 2002 as its type species. Adults and male genitalia of the type species were provided by Koiwaya (2002, 2007). The new species are distributed in Weixi, Yunnan, China. The two species are allopatric.