Lethe elwesi
Authors/Creators
- 1. Zoological Survey of India, New Alipore, Kolkata, West Bengal- 700053, India.
- 2. Chongqing Museum of Natural History, Beibei, Chongqing, 400700, China.
Description
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Zophoessa elwesi Moore, 1892. Lep. Ind. 1: 298, pl. 92: 3, ♂, type locality: E. Himalayas; Sikkim; Bhotan.
Zophoessa jalaurida: Elwes (nec de Nicéville), 1888. Trans. Ent. Soc. London 1888: 320, pl. VIII: 4; Seitz (nec de Nicéville), 1907. Macrolepid. World 1: 87, pl. 32: c.
Lethe elwesi: de Nicéville, 1894. Sikk. Gaz. 1894: 125; Lang & Bozano, 2015. Zootaxa 4058 (1): 130, figs. 9, 10.
Lethe jalaurida elwesi: Fruhstorfer in Seitz, 1911. Macrolepid. World 9: 313; Evans, 1912. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 567; Talbot, [1949]. Fauna Brit. India, Butt. 2: 183; D’Abrera, 1985. Butt. Orient. 2: 416.
Lethe jalaurida var. elwesi: Gaede in Strand, 1931. Lep. Cat. 43: 296.
Materials examined. INDIA: 1 ♂, Sikhim / 4035 Coll. Nicév. / 4746—H9 (ZSI); BHUTAN: Photo, 1 ♂, Jakar, Bumthang trek, W of Phephe La, 2700 m, 4.VI.2008 leg. G. C. Bozano (GCB).
Diagnosis. 1) Dorsal forewing discal area in spaces 1b, 2, 3 has male brands, they are not so distinct as those in Lethe atkinsonia (only L. elwesi and L. atkinsonia in this subgroup have visible male brands); 2) ventral side pale markings and stripes are yellowish white on forewing and white on hindwing; 3) uncus is heavily bent downwards near the apex; 4) valva apex is evenly serrated; 5) aedeagus is without a dorsal ridge.
Distribution. C & E Nepal, India (northern West Bengal, Sikkim), Bhutan.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Collection code
- GCB , ZSI
- Event date
- 2008-06-04
- Verbatim event date
- 2008-06-04
- Scientific name authorship
- Moore
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Lethe
- Species
- elwesi
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Lethe elwesi (Moore, 1892) sec. Das, Lang, Singh & Chandra, 2020
References
- Lang, S. Y. & Bozano, G. C. (2015) Lethe elwesi (Moore) stat. rev., a distinct species, with description of a new subspecies from NW Yunnan, China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa, 4058 (1), 127 - 134. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4058.1.8
- Evans, W. H. (1912) A list of Indian butterflies. The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 21 (2), 553 - 584 + 969 - 1008.
- D'Abrera, B. (1985) Nymphalidae, Satyridae & Amathusidae. In: Butterflies of the Oriental Region. II. Hill House Publishers, Melbourne, 245 - 533.