Abstract
Two new species of the genus Microleon Butler, 1885, Microleon dianensis sp. nov. from Yunnan Province, China and Microleon simingensis sp. nov. from Zhejiang and Sichuan Provinces, China are described. Photographs of adults and male genitalia of these new species are provided, with a key to all currently known species of Microleon. The validity of new species is well supported by the molecular analysis of the fragment of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI).
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