Cyana interrogationis (Poujade, 1886)

Spitsyn, V. M., 2022, First records of five species of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from Myanmar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae), Russian Entomological Journal 31 (2), pp. 188-190 : 189-190

Cyana interrogationis (Poujade, 1886)

Fig. 4 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 2♂, 1♀ Myanmar, Kachin State, Malaria village, Dry monsoon forests with rhododendron wastelands, 27°34´26´´N, 97°22´29´´E, 15.03.2014, Bolotov, Spitsyn leg.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Guangdong); Thailand; Vietnam [ Fang, 2000; Dubatolov et al., 2012]; Laos [ Bucsek, 2020] and Myanmar (present study).

REMARKS. First record from Myanmar.

Cyana selangorica paeninsulana Černý, 2009

Fig. 5 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED. 1♂ Myanmar, Kachin State, Malaria village, Dry monsoon forests with rhododendron wastelands, 27°34´26´´N, 97°22´29´´E, 15.03.2014, Bolotov, Spitsyn leg. ; 1♂ Myanmar, Rakhine State, mountain tropical forest, 17°35´08´´N, 94°39´50´´E, 02.12.2018, V. Spitsyn leg. ; 2♂ Myanmar, Rakhine State, disturbed tropical forest, 18°37´17´´N, 94°22´02´´E, 05.12.2018, Spitsyn leg. ; 1♂ Laos, Vientiane Province, Phatang village , mountain bamboo forest, 19°04´55´´N, 102°26´11´´E, 23– 28.04.2016, V. Spitsyn leg.

DISTRIBUTION. North East India (Assam and Mizoram), Myanmar (Tenasserim, Rakhine, Kachin) [ Singh et al., 2020; present study] and South Thailand (Provinces of Chumphon, Ranong and Nakhon Si Tammarat) [ Černý, Pinratana, 2009] and Laos (present study).

REMARKS. First records from northern Myanmar and Laos. The nominate subspecies distributed in Sundaland: Sumatra, Malay Peninsula and Borneo [ Holloway, 2001; Bucsek, 2012].

Acknowledgements. This study was partly supported by the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education (project No. FUUW-2022-0039). We are grateful to the late Dr. Tony Whitten (Fauna & Flora International – Asia-Pacific, UK), Mr. Frank Momberg (Director for Program Development and Asia-Pacific Program Director of Fauna & Flora International, UK), Mr. Mark Grindley, Mr. Zau Lunn, and Mr. Nyein Chan (Fauna & Flora International – Myanmar Program, Myanmar) for their great help during this study. Our research has been performed under the survey permission No. 5/6000/ LFR(210/2018) dated on 23 January 2018 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation of Myanmar and the export permission No. NWCD / CITES/9 /5666/ 2018 dated on 28 June 2018 issued by the Forest Department of the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry of Myanmar .

Figures

Figs 1–5. Cyana spp. from Myanmar: 1 — C. abrupta; 2 — C. dudgeoni; 3 — C. harterti; 4 — C. interrogationis; 5 — C. selangorica paeninsulana. Scale bar: 5 mm. Рис. 1–5. Cyana spp. иЗ МьЯнмы: 1 — C. abrupta; 2 — C. dudgeoni; 3 — C. harterti; 4 — C. interrogationis; 5 — C. selangorica paeninsulana. Масштаб: 5 мм.