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Issue: Vol. 4497 No. 1: 8 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-08
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4497.1.5
Page range: 82–98
Abstract views: 77
PDF downloaded: 4

A review of the Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856) species-group with descriptions of a new species and a new subspecies from Indochina (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Altai State University, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia; Tomsk State University, Institute of Biology, Ecology, Soil Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia.
Tiergartenstrasse 27, A-6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Altai State University, Lenina str. 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia.
Lepidoptera Asia China Himalaya Laos Lithosiini Malaysia new status Sumatra Taiwan Thailand Vietnam

Abstract

The Cyana bianca (Walker, 1856) species-group is revised. Cyana bianca malayana Bucsek, 2012 is upgraded to the species level. A new species, C. indosinica Volynkin & Černý, sp. nov. (China: Yunnan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam) and a new subspecies, C. quadripartita vieta Volynkin & Černý, ssp. nov. (Vietnam) are described.

 

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