Dahira klaudiae Brechlin, Melichar & Haxaire, 2006 [ḛāöṣ天ẽ]

(Figures 41–43)

Dahira klaudiae Brechlin, Melichar & Haxaire, 2006; In: Brechlin & Melichar, Nachr. ent. Ver. Apollo (N.F.), 27 (4): 210; TL: ‘Songluohe, Daba Shan, Hubei, China’.

Material examined. CHINA: ♂, Qinling Mts, Shaanxi, 24-V-2024, Local collector leg. [XZBC]; ♀, Hanzhong, Shaanxi, 10-V-2024, Yu-Fei Li leg. [JZHC].

Diagnosis. Male (Figure 41A–B): Similar to the D. yunnanfuana, but body color ochraceous and the upperside of the forewing is variegated with ochreous and brown scales, rather than the grey scales of D. yunnanfuana. The discal spot is yellow and the orange patch near the apex is more conspicuous than in D. yunnanfuana. Hindwings more ochraceous.

Female (Figure 41C–D, 43): Similar to male, but wings broader and ground pattern slightly paler, antennae much slenderer.

Female genitalia (Figure 42): Anal papillae rounded. Lamella antevaginalis and lamella postvaginalis slender and weakly sclerotized; antrum long, funnel-shaped. Ductus bursae tubular, membranous and slender. Corpus bursae ellipsoidal, signum elongated and covered in tiny spinules.

Distribution. China (Shaanxi, Hubei) (Figure 1).

Biological notes. This species was collected in middle to high elevation evergreen broad-leaf forest, attracted to light at night (Figure 43).