On the correct identification of 'Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)' from northern Indochina and China, with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Anton V Volynkin; Karel Černý; Aidas Saldaitis; Maria S Ivanova

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.7

On the correct identification of 'Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890)' from northern Indochina and China, with descriptions of two new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae)

Zootaxa. 2019 Aug 21;4658(1):zootaxa.4658.1.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.7.

Authors

Anton V Volynkin¹, Karel Černý, Aidas Saldaitis, Maria S Ivanova

Affiliation

¹ Altai State University, Lenina Avenue, 61, RF-656049, Barnaul, Russia. National Research Tomsk State University, Lenina Avenue, 36, RF-634050, Tomsk, Russia. volynkin_a@mail.ru.

PMID: 31716761
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4658.1.7

Abstract

Two new species similar to Cyana dohertyi (Elwes, 1890), C. lada Volynkin, Černý Saldaitis, sp. nov. (Vietnam and China) and C. titovi Volynkin, Černý Ivanova, sp. nov. (Vietnam) are described. A new subspecies C. dohertyi mertsana Volynkin Černý, ssp. nov. is described from North Thailand and North Vietnam. Adults, male and female genitalia of the new and related species are illustrated.

Keywords: China, Lithosiini, Thailand, Vietnam, Asia, new species, new subspecies, Lepidoptera.

MeSH terms

Animals
China
Female
Indochina
Male
Moths*
Thailand
Vietnam