Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)

Durante, Antonio, 2012, The genus Afrasura Durante, 2009 in Gabon, with description of five new species and a new species group (Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Zootaxa 3478, pp. 383-398 : 384

Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869)

( Figs. 5, 6 )

Barsine indecisa Walker, 1869 , Proc. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 1: 325.

Afrasura indecisa (Walker, 1869) ; Durante, 2009, Zootaxa, 2280: 32. Asura xantha Bethune-Baker, 1911 , Ann. Mag. Nat. H. 8: 537

Material examined: 4 males, 5 females, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, Ivindo National Park (0°30’ 43’’N, 12°48’13’’E), 500 m, February–April 2010–2011.

Remarks. Species recorded from Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Uganda, Angola ( Durante 2009). New for the Gabon. In Durante (2009) five pictures of A. indecisa indecisa and two of A. indecisa orientalis Durante, 2009 were illustrated to show its rather large range of variability. In the present paper two forms are illustrated: the typical one (i.e., similar to the holotype; Fig. 5 ) and a form with the outer and inner margins of the hindwings black ( Fig. 6 ).

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FIGURES 3 – 11. Adults of Afrasura. 3. Afrasura sp. 1, as yet unplaced species from within the BMNH series of Asura craigii. Ƥ, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m., 5 / 10 - 4 - 2010, Durante legit, g. prep. 582 MAD. In coll. MAD. 4. Afrasura sp. 2, as yet unplaced species from within the BMNH series of Asura craigii. Ƥ, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 638 MAD. In coll. MAD. 5. Afrasura indecisa, typical form. Ƥ, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 627 MAD. In coll. MSNS. 6. Afrasura indecisa, black margins form. 3, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 635 MAD. In coll. MAD. 7. Afrasura discocellularis. 3, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m., 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 665 MAD. In coll. MSNS. 8. Afrasura discocellularis. Ƥ, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 5 / 10 - 4 - 2010, Durante legit. In coll. MSNS. 9. Afrasura emma. 3, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 646 MAD. In coll. MSNS. 10. Afrasura emma. Ƥ, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 19 - 2 / 11 - 3 - 2011, Durante legit, g. prep. 637 MAD. In coll. MAD. 11. Afrasura numida. 3, Gabon, Ipassa-Makokou, (0 ° 30 ’ 43 ’’ N, 12 ° 48 ’ 13 ’’ E), 500 m, 5 / 10 - 4 - 2010, Durante legit. In coll. MSNS.