159. Tethea consimilis commifera (Warren, 1912)

1912. Saronaga commifera Warren, In Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde, 2: 322.

1966. Tethea consimilis szechwanensis Werny, Untersuchungen über die Systematik …… ( Lepidoptera, Thyatiridae): 407.

2007. Tethea consimilis commifera: László et al., Esperiana, 13: 119.

Distribution: India: India (Sabathu) (Warren, 1912; László et al., 2007); Indian Himalayas (Kim et al., 2006), Himachal Pradesh (László et al., 2007). Elsewhere: China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet), Nepal (László et al., 2007).

Remarks: The species is widely distributed and represented by five subspecies: the nominate one occurs in the Pacific region (Japan, Russian Far East, Korea), T. consimilis c-album (Matsumura, 1931) is endemic to Taiwan, T. consimilis commifera (Warren, 1912) is distributed from Himachal Pradesh through Nepal and Sikkim to Yunnan, Sichuan and the Wuyshan areas in China, T. consimilis aurisigna (Bryk, 1943) occurs in the northern regions of Indochina and Malaysia, finally T. consimilis congener (Roepke, 1945) is supposedly endemic to Sumatra (László et al., 2007).