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Issue: Vol. 5357 No. 4: 20 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5357.4.4
Page range: 555-572
Abstract views: 265
PDF downloaded: 17

Notes on Aulocera pygmaea (Holik, 1949) and its related taxa (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

Chongqing Museum of Natural History; Beibei; 400700; Chongqing; China
Arthropoda Department; Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change; Zoological Research Museum Alexander Koenig; Adenauerallee 127; Bonn; 53113; Germany
Lepidoptera China Tibetan Plateau Myanmar Satyrini Satyrina Satyrus Paroeneis

Abstract

In this paper, Aulocera pygmaea (Holik, 1949) and its related taxa from W. China (S. Gansu, N. Sichuan, N.W. Yunnan, S.E. Tibet) and N. Myanmar (N. Kachin) are studied. The specific status of A. pygmaea (Holik) is confirmed based upon examining the syntype series. Aulocera atuntsensis (Gross, 1959), A. melanoleuca Sakai, Aoki & Yamaguchi, 2001 stat. nov., and A. auloceroides (H. Huang, 1999) are raised or restored to specific rank rather than treated as subspecies of A. pygmaea (Holik), as in Lang (2021). The lectotype for Satyrus sybillina pygmaea Holik, 1949 is designated. Other related taxa are also discussed.

 

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