Purpurata shompen (Singh & Ahmad, 2022) comb. nov.

Patania shompen Singh & Ahmad in Singh et al. 2022: 14, figs 1–2, 5–7. Type locality: India (Great Nicobar Island).

Diagnosis.

This species is similar to P. iopasalis, but can be distinguished by the postmedial line of forewing punctiform between M 2 and CuA 2, and the postmedial line of hindwing linear between M 2 and CuA 2 (Singh et al. 2022: fig. 1); phallus posteriorly with a rectangular protruding sclerite in male genitalia (Singh et al. 2022: fig. 7). In P. iopasalis, the postmedial line of the fore and hind wings are punctiform between M 2 and CuA 2 (Fig. 7); and phallus posteriorly with a nail head-like protruding sclerite in male genitalia (Fig. 14 c).

Distribution.

India (Great Nicobar Island) (Singh et al. 2022).

Remarks.

This species is not found in China. The diagnosis is summarized based on the description and images of habitus and genitalia by Singh et al. (2022).