Magnificus jiuzhiensis Yan, 2000

(Figs 14, 16)

Magnificus jiuzhiensis Yan (2000: 1) .— Wang & Yao (2011: 48)

Reference specimen. Holotype ♂ GAAH: China, Qinghai, Jiuzhi Dehelong, 3,800–3,900 m, 15-VII-1996.

Original description (Yan 2000). “ Wingspan male 42 mm, female 49 mm. Eye s dark or rusty brown; antennae filiform, short and slender with 22 segments; labial palps two segmented, foreleg tibial spurs absent, FW with marbled spots and stripes with grey-brown and gold, outer band with white not reaching to posterior edge but turning triangulary to basal part of forewing. FW vein Sc branched, R2 [Rs3] and R3 [Rs4] longer than stalk. HW of ♂ white, ♀ grey-brown and basally white. Male genitalia without lobe or tooth on tegumen and valva shape of tangerine section, saccus prominent, vinculum with deep medial notch. Female genitalia with deep and broad medial incision of dorsal plate, lateral margin strongly sclerotized; subanal plate narrow and rectangular; anterior and posterior margins of antevaginalis medially emarginate, laterally angled and tapering to narrow process laterally.”

Female. Unknown.

Etymology. Presumably derived from the location Jiuzhi.

Flight period. Early summer—July.

Remarks. Diagram of male genitalia (Fig. 14) shows the medial notch of the posterior margin of the saccus to be shallow compared to other species.