Delorhachis charopa (Bethune-Baker, 1909) stat. rev. (Figures 4–6, 6 9, 93–94, 134,

158)

Parasa charopa Bethune-Baker, 1909, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 8 (3): 426. Type locality: [DRC], Congo Free State, Mawamba, Makala . Syntypes, 2 males, gen. slide no. Limacodidae 1324 J (NHMUK, PCM).

Type material examined

Syntype. Male: blue circle label ′SYN- | TYPE̍ || green circle label ′ Type ̍ || handwritten ′Mawamba- | Makala | March 1906 | Congo Free State | Powell-Cotton coll ̍. || ′ Parasa | charopa | B-B | Type ̍ || ′G .T.B.- Baker Coll . | Brit Mus . 1927–360̍ || ′ Limacodidae | Brit. Mus . slide | No . 1324̍|| ′ Type Status | Verified | A . Giusti VIII .2013̍|| QR code label with unique ID NHMUK 010984418 (NHMUK) .

Syntype. Male: yellow circle label ′ Paratype ̍ [based on the original description, this is incorrect and this specimen is a syntype] || handwritten ′The type is in the | Bethune-Baker coll . | (cf. description)̍ || handwritten ′TYPE̍ || ′O̍ [code referring to a locality between Mawambi and Makala, DRC, collected iii.1906, Powell-Cotton, P., Powell-Cotton H. leg.; pers. comm. Rachel Jennings (2021), curator of natural history, Powell-Cotton Museum] (PCM) .

Additional material examined

Angola. 9 males, Quicolungo, 120 km N . of Lucala, 800 m, June 1936, Braun, R . leg ., QR code nos. NHMUK 014200536–014200538, gen . slide nos. NHMUK 010317399, 010317400, 010317404 (NHMUK); 6 males, Province Nordcuanza, Canzele, 30 km north Quiculungo, 16 October 1957, Heinrich, G . leg .; 1 male, Bolongongo, 30 km from Canzele, 14 November 1957, Heinrich, G . leg . (ZSM). Cameroon. 2 males, Campo Ma ̍an National Park (Lowland rainforest), 950 m, 2.283°N, 9.951°E, 10–22 March 2018, Fotsing, E ., Ishmael, K ., Miles, W ., Sáfián, Sz . leg., ANHRT:2018.3, gen. slide nos. TT 096, TT 097 (ANHRT); 1 male, Mbalmayo, November 2002, Meister leg . (MWW); 1 male, Yaunde Station, 3 June 1897, Carnap, S .G . leg., gen. slide no. RF 788.2021; 1 male, Central Province, 13 km SW Mbalmayo Menguémé, Nyong River, Ebogo Lodge, 655 m, 3.399°N, 11.467°E, 5 May 2018, Ochse, M . leg ., gen. slide no. 36.636, BOLD process ID: GWOUI368-21 (RCRF); 1 male, Sakbayémé, 9 February 1926, Schwab, G . leg .; 1 male, Kribi, December 1961 (NHMUK); 1 male, same site, March 1973, Mühle leg . (MWW); 1 male, Batouri District, 4.25°N, 13.75°E, 24 February–1 March 1935, Merfield, F .G . leg . (NHMUK); 1 male, S-Region, 39 km SE Sangmelima, Ilom, soccer field, 630 m, 2.732°N, 12.173°E, 1 November 2011 (SMNS) . Central African Republic. 1 male, Bangui, 350 m, 4.333°N, 18.533°E, 20 September 2000, local collector leg ., gen. slide no. 28.960 (MWW); 1 male, Fort-Crampel (NHMUK); 1 male, 55 km NWW Mbaïki, 500 m, 23 December 2008, Halada leg . (RCMS). Republic of the Congo. 1 male, 1 February 1930, gen . slide no. RF 296.2019 (MfN); 21 males, Odzala National Park, 400–500 m, 0.383°N, 14.833°E, 29 January–03 March 1997, Murzin, S ., Siniaev, V . leg. (MWW). DRC. 1 male, Biakato, Ituri, 900 m, 0.850°N, 29.250°E, April 2015, Colley, A . leg ., ANHRT:2018.22, gen. slide no. TT 051, DNA barcode ID/BOLD process ID ANHRTUK00190130/ANLMN7924-21 (ANHRT); 1 female, Province Equateur, Kalambe, 55 km S . Mbandaka, 3 km E . Ort, 450 m, 0.417°S, 18.317°E, 10 August 1991, Karisch, T . leg ., QR code no. NHMUK 010894390, gen . slide no. NHMUK 010317410; 1 male, Yakusu, July 1900, Smith, K . leg .; 1 male, Opala, Lomani River, Province Orientale, March 1959, Carcasson, R .H . leg . (NHMUK); 1 male, Equateur, Mondombe, 25 September 1930, Oosterman, R .F . leg . (RMCA); 4 males, 17 km N Kisangani, Masako Field Station, 388 m, 0.600°N, 23.250°E, 2–8 February 2008, Gurkovich, Zolotuhin leg . (MWW); 1 male, Prov . Kivu, Iranqi, 20 September–7 October 1993, Leidenroth, C . leg ., gen. slide no. RF2021.899 (SMNS). Gabon. 5 males, Mikongo (Rougier), Monts de Cristal (Secondary forest), 430 m, 0.484°N, 11.178°E, 28 July–12 August 2019, Albert, J .-L ., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg., ANHRT:2019.17, gen. slide nos. TT 089, TT 090; 1 male, Nyonié (Lowland forest), 10 m, 0.039°S, 9.340°E, 23–28 August 2019, Albert, J .-L ., Aristophanous, M., Bie Mba, J., Dérozier, V., Moretto, P. leg ., ANHRT:2019.17; 1 male, Ogooeu Ivindo, P .N. Ivindo, Station de Recherche, d̍ Ipassa, 450 m, 0.512°N, 12.803°E, 14–26 June 2016, Ruzzier, E ., Tasane, T . leg ., ANHRT:2017.19 (ANHRT); 1 male, same site, 14 November 2009 Decaens, T ., Lecourt, G ., Bayendi, S. leg ., BOLD process ID: MGABB259-10 (MNHN); 1 male, Santa Clara, 0 m, 0.640°N, 9.694°E, 4 June 2011, Siniaev, V . Bezverkhov, Y. leg., gen. slide no. 28.959 (MWW).