Sesapa (Nipponasura) inouei Volynkin, 2017

Volynkin, A. V., 2017, On The Taxonomy Of The Genera Sesapa And Nipponasura (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Vestnik Zoologii 51 (5), pp. 369-374 : 373

Sesapa (Nipponasura) inouei Volynkin , nom. n. ( figs 1 , 7–8; 2, 3; 3, 3)

Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965: 242 ; non Sesapa sanguinea ( Moore, 1877) (= Setinochroa sanguinea Moore, 1877 ).

T y p e m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Holotype: {, “Ka-arayama, Ishigaki Is., Ryukyu , 12.06.1963, H. Inoue ” (handwritten & printed label), “Holotype Nipponasura sanguinea Inoue, 1965 ” (handwritten red label), “Holotype” (round printed label with a red circle), “Inoue coll. B.M. 1992–71” (printed label), “Type status verified K. Buckmaster 1992” (printed label), “Type photographed in colour” (printed label), “No. 995”, (handwritten label), “ NHMUK010605746 ” (printed label with QR-code) ( NHM). Paratype: {, “Ryukyu, Is. Ishigaki, Kawarayama, 6.05.1963, Y. Arita leg.” ( NHM) .

O t h e r m a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d. Japan: Shirahama, Iriomote I., Ryukyu , 14.11.1963, 1 {, slide BMNH (E) Arct.- 6559 m Volynkin ( NHM); Mt. Komi , Is. Iriomote, Okinawa [pref.], 23.04.1981, 1} (Col. K. Baba et N. Kato) ( NHM) .

D i a g n o s i s. See the diagnosis of the subgenus.

D i s t r i b u t i o n. Endemic to Japanese Ryukyu Islands (Ishigaki Is., Iriomote Is., Yonakuni Is.) ( Inoue, 1965).

Figures

Fig. 1. Sesapa spp., adults, dorsal view: 1 — S. inscripta, {, N China (©NHM); 2 — S. inscripta, holotype {of S. erubescens, China, Shanghai (©NHM); 3 — S. inscripta,}, China, Hunan prov. (ZFMK); 4 — S. sanguinea, holotype {, China (©NHM); 5 — S. sanguinea, {, China, Shanghai (ZFMK); 6 — S. sanguinea,}, China, Shanghai (ZFMK); 7 — S. inouei, paratype {, Japan, Ishigaki Isl. (©NHM); 8 — S. inouei,}, Japan, Iriomote Isl. (©NHM).