Melinaria pseudorepanda kalawensis (Orhant, 2000)

(Figs 5, 16)

Parasa kalawensis Orhant, 2000: 472 .

Material examined. India: 2 ♂, Arunachal Pradesh, lower Subansiri, Pange Wildlife Sanctuary, 17.x.2017, leg. B. Sinha & Party (NZCZSI, 7019/ H10) .

Diagnosis. Originally, Parasa kalawensis was described as a distinct species from Kalaw, Myanmar. Subsequently, Solovyev (2014) downgraded P. kalawensis as a subspecies of Melinaria pseudorepanda and it is externally distinct from the nominotypical subspecies, M. p. pseudorepanda (Fig. 7), by the colour of the hindwing, but their genitalia are almost identical. Another closely similar Indian species, M. repanda (Fig. 6) is distinguishable from M. p. kalawensis by the presence of a ventral digitate process in the valva (Solovyev 2014).

Distribution. Myanmar, China (Yunnan, Guangxi), Laos, northern Thailand, Vietnam (Solovyev 2014) and Arunachal Pradesh (India). First record for the Lepidoptera fauna in India.