Lemaireia luteopeplus aureopeplus Nässig & Holloway, 1988

Jiang, Zhuo-Heng, Wang, Cheng-Bin, Miu, Ben-Fu & Guo, Liang, 2021, Review of the genus Lemaireia Nässig & Holloway, 1988 from China, with description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Saturniidae), Zootaxa 5027 (3), pp. 429-437 : 432-433

Lemaireia luteopeplus aureopeplus Nässig & Holloway, 1988

[×NJ树ξι•中南亚*]

( Figs. 2a–f ; Figs. 4a–c ; Figs. 5c, d )

Material examined. CHINA: 1♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , Mengla County, 870 m, 3.VIII.2013, Zhuo-Heng Jiang leg. ( JZHC) ; 1♂, Yunnan, Xishuangbanna , Menglun County, 640 m, 10.VIII.2020, Yan Liu leg. ( JZHC) ; 2♂♂, Yun- nan, Xishuangbanna, Mohan town , 860 m, 15.VIII.2020, Zhi-Yang Huang leg. ( GHLC) ; 1♂, Yunnan, Wenshan , Malipo County, 1550 m, 23.VII.2014, Si-Qi Lin leg. ( JZHC) ; 1♂, Yunnan, Yingjiang County, Tongbiguan , 1440 m, 11.VIII.2016, Liang Guo leg. ( JZHC) ; 1♀, Yunnan, Yingjiang County, Sudian , 1600 m, 9.VIII.2019, Zi-Chun Xiong leg. ( JZHC) ; 1♂, Yunnan, Baoshan, Baihualing , 2070 m, 3.VIII.2020, Chen-Kai Ouyang leg. ( JZHC) ; 1♂, Yunnan, Lincang , Yunxian County, 1900 m, 12.VII.2016, Zheng-Yang Liu leg. ( LZYC) .

Distribution. China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam ( Fig. 7 ).

Bionomics. This species was collected in evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted by light ( Figs. 6b–c ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Habitus of Lemaireia luteopeplus aureopeplus Nässig & Holloway, 1988 in dorsal (a, c, e) and ventral (b, d, f) view. a–b. male (Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China); c–d. male (Wenshan, Yunnan, China); e–f. female (Yingjiang, Yunnan, China). Scale bar = 10 mm.

FIGURE 4. Male genitalia of Lemaireia species from China. a–c. L. luteopeplus aureopeplus. a. Yingjiang, Yunnan; b. Wenshan, Yunnan; c. Xishuangbanna, Yunnan. d–e. L. daparo sp. n. d. Panzhihua, Sichuan; e. Qujing, Yunnan. f. L. hainana (Mt. Wuzhishan, Hainan).

FIGURE 5. Ecological records of Lemaireia species from China. a. L. daparo sp. n., male, Panzhihua, S. Sichuan; b. L. daparo sp. n., male, Dali, NW. Yunnan; c. L. luteopeplus aureopeplus, male, Mt. Gaoligongshan, W. Yunnan; d. L. luteopeplus aureopeplus, Xishuangbanna, male, S. Yunnan; e. L. hainana, Mt. Wuzhishan, male, C. Hainan; f. L. hainana, Mt. Wuzhishan, female, C. Hainan.

FIGURE 6. Habitats in China for Lemaireia species. a. L. daparo sp. n., Panzhihua, S. Sichuan; b. L. luteopeplus aureopeplus, Mt. Gaoligongshan, W. Yunnan; c. L. luteopeplus aureopeplus, Xishuangbanna, S. Yunnan; d. L. hainana, Mt. Wuzhishan, C. Hainan.

FIGURE 7. Distribution map of Lemaireia species in China. Circle, L. daparo sp. n.; triangle, L. luteopeplus aureopeplus; star, L. hainana.