Cheumatopsyche chryseis Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1997, NEW RECORD for India

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Cheumatopsyche chryseis Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1997 (in Malicky 1997b, 1030)

Material examined. India: West Bengal; Suntalikhola Park, 22 ° 31’7.14” N, 88 ° 21’4.32” E, 25–27.ix.2018, Pathania & party (NZC), 6 males .

Diagnosis. Cheumatopsyche chryseis is similar to Ch. concava (Ulmer 1930), Ch. chrysothemis Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1997 (in Malicky 1997b), and Ch. copia Malicky & Chantaramongkol 1997 (in Malicky 1997b). However, in Ch. chryseis the apical segment of each inferior appendage is slender and pointed at the apex whereas the apical segment of each inferior appendage is wide in Ch. concava and broad basally in Ch. chrysothemis and Ch. copia . Moreover tergum X is almost dome-shaped at midlength in dorsal view in Ch. chryseis whereas tergum X is almost triangularly produced at midlength in Ch. concava, blunt in Ch. chrysothemis, and with a midlength concavity in Ch. copia .

Distribution. Thailand, India.