Lethe nosei ( Koiwaya, 2000 )

Das, Gaurab Nandi, Lang, Song-Yun, Singh, Navneet & Chandra, Kailash, 2020, Taxonomic notes on the jalaurida-subgroup of the genus Lethe (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), Zootaxa 4789 (1), pp. 281-290 : 288-289

7. Lethe nosei ( Koiwaya, 2000)

( Figs. 10, 11 )

Zophoessa nosei Koiwaya, 2000 . Notes Eurasian Ins. 3: 51, figs. 63–66, type locality: Mapanput, North Kachin, Myanmar. Lethe nosei: Lang, 2016 . Atalanta, 47 (1/2): 216, figs. 1–3; Lang, 2017. Nymphalidae China II: 56, pl. IV: 18.

Materials examined. CHINA: 2 ♂♂, Yunnan, Gongshan, East slope of Mts. Gao-li-gong, 3200 m, 25.VII.2015, leg. Song-yun Lang ( LSY) .

Diagnosis. 1) Ventral side pale markings and stripes on both wings are pure white and extremely enlarged and widened; 2) uncus is nearly straight and only weakly bent downwards; 3) valva apex is sharply pointed inwards; 4) aedeagus is without a dorsal ridge.

Distribution. China (NW Yunnan), N. Myanmar.

Figures

FIGURES 4–11. Butterflies. 4, Lethe giancbi Lang & Das sp. nov., male, holotype, SATY0368 (Medog, Tibet), dorsal; 5, ditto, ventral; 6, L. houjiangae Lang & Bozano stat. nov., male, holotype, SATY0369 (Gongshan, Yunnan), dorsal; 7, ditto, ventral; 8, L. gelduba gelduba Fruhstorfer stat. nov., male, SATY0367 (Puge, Sichuan), dorsal (left) and ventral (right); 9, L. gelduba nuolaensis Huang stat. nov., male, SATY0361 (Gongshan, Yunnan), dorsal (left) and ventral (right); 10, L. nosei (Koiwaya), male (Gongshan, Yunnan), dorsal; 11, ditto, ventral. Scale bar = 10 mm.