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Issue: Vol. 4216 No. 1: 4 Jan. 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-01-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4216.1.7
Page range: 94–100
Abstract views: 129
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Onryza Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from China

Shanghai Zoological Park, No.2381 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, 200335, P.R. China
302-10, No.30, Longju Road, Shanghai, 200136, P.R. China
Shanghai Zoological Park, No.2381 Hongqiao Road, Shanghai, 200335, P.R. China
Lepidoptera skipper Zhejiang taxonomy Onryza pesudomaga Onryza maga

Abstract

A new species, Onryza pesudomaga is described from Zhejiang Province, S. China. The new taxon resembles O. maga which is widely distributed in S. China and Taiwan. Differences and some biological information of the two allied species are given. A key to species of the genus Onryza Watson, 1893 and a distribution map of all the members of this genus are provided.

 

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