Belciades hoenei Kononenko 1997

Belciades hoenei Kononenko, 1997

(Figs. 5, 6, 19, 24)

Belciades hoenei Kononenko, 1997, Tinea 15(2): 108, figs 1, 2, 9, 10, 17, 18 (Type-localty: China, Prov. Yunan, Li-Kiang [Lijiang]).

Material examined. Type series, including holotype.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 6). Wingspan 36–43 mm. The species is close to niveola and koenigi. Externally it differs in the grassy-green tint of ground color of forewing with less greyish suffusion, and in uniform greyish brown hindwing. In ground plan of forewing hoenei is similar to niveola, differing in shape of basal band, round whitish orbicular stigma, absence of whitish surrounding of inner and outer lines and grey suffusion in cell between orbicular and reniform stigmata. The medial shade is more distinct than in niveola and koenigi, lower part of medial field not suffused with dark grey as in niveola, subterminal and terminal fields with less brown suffusion. In the male genitalia (Fig. 19) the species differs from niveola mainly in size and shape of valva, sacculus, uncus and juxta as well as in shape and armature of vesica. The female genitalia (Fig. 24) show more prominent differences in shape of bursa and ostial part.

Distribution and biology. China: North Yunnan, South Xizang (Tibet). The flight period is early June to July.