Barsine karenkensis wushipheri Volynkin & Černý, 2019

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4618 (1), pp. 1-82 : 23

Barsine karenkensis wushipheri Volynkin & Černý , ssp. n.

( Figs 96, 97 , 195 , 250 )

Type material. Holotype ( Figs 96 , 195 ): ♂, Taiwan, Prov. Kao-Hsiung, 15 km NE Taoyuan, 1850 m, 07.VII.1996, leg. G. Csorba et L. Németh, slide MWM 31441 (♂) Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM).

Paratypes: 9 ♂, 4 ♀, same data as in the holotype (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 17 ♂, 1 ♀, Taiwan, Prov. Ping-Tung, 10 km SE of Mutan , 470 m, 03–04.VII.1996, leg. G. Csorba et L. Németh, slide MWM 31442 (♀) Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 ♂, Taiwan, Prov. Nan-Tou, 15 km N of Puli, Uisun Forest Area , 500 m, 09–10.VII.1996, leg. G. Csorba et L. Németh (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13.5–14 mm in males (14 mm in the holotype) and 14.5–15 mm in females. Barsine karenkensis wushipheri ssp. n. differs from the nominate subspecies by its bright yellow wing coloration and narrower discal spot of forewing. The genitalia of both sexes have no significant differences.

Distribution. South Taiwan Isl.

Figures

FIGURES 94–101. Barsine spp., adults. 94, B. karenkensis karenkensis, ♂, N Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 95, ditto, ♀, N Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 96, B. karenkensis wushipheri, holotype ♂, S Taiwan (MWM/ZSM); 97, ditto, paratype ♀, S Taiwan (MWM/ ZSM); 98, B. euryphaessa, holotype ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 99, ditto, paratype ♀, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 100, B. ivanovamariae, holotype ♂, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 101, ditto, paratype ♀, N Vietnam (CKC).

FIGURES 192–195. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 192, B. asotoida, holotype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31422 Volynkin; 193, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31378 Volynkin; 194, B. karenkensis karenkensis, Taiwan, slide MWM 31439 Volynkin; 195, B. karenkensis wushipheri, holotype, Taiwan, slide MWM 31441 Volynkin.

FIGURES 246–251. Barsine spp., female genitalia. 246, B. persephone, paratype, N Thailand, slide MWM 31385 Volynkin; 247, B. asotoida, paratype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31423 Volynkin; 248, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31386 Volynkin; 249, B. karenkensis karenkensis, N Taiwan, slide MWM 31440 Volynkin; 250, B. karenkensis wushipheri, S Taiwan, slide MWM 31442 Volynkin; 251, B. euryphaessa, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31444 Volynkin.