Sarbanissa albifascia (Walker, 1865)

(Figs. 3, 34)

Catocala albifascia Walker, 1865, List Spec. Lep. Colln Br. Mus. 33: 933. TL: India.

Zalissa albifascia: Hampson 1894 . Fn. Br. Ind. 2: 157; Leech 1899, Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 214; Jordan 1914, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 3: 8, pl. 1f.

Seudyra albifascia: Hampson 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 439; Jordan 1912, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 11: 26; Chen, 1982, Icon. Het. Sin. 3: 390.

Sarbanissa albifascia: Chen 1999: 131; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005: 143; Park et al. 2007: 88.

Material examined. 1 female. CHINA, Hainan province, Yinggeling Nature Reserve, 20-V-2005, leg. Min Wang. 1 female. CHINA, Hainan province, Jianfengling Nature Reserve, 9-V-2005, leg. Min Wang and Liu-sheng Chen (SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 57 mm. Forewing darkish brown with a little off white, forewing brownish grey with a big white speckle, reniform and orbicular stigma obscure. Hindwing apricot with a white spot at apex, terminal band black and broad, without discal spot.

Diagnosis. S. albifascia can be separated from other Sarbanissa species by the following characters: forewing with a big and white speckle, reniform and orbicular stigma vaguely invisible; hindwing with terminal band continuous, apex relatively wide with a small white spot.

Distribution. China (Neimenggu, Hebei, Beijing, Tianjin, Shanxi, Guangdong, Hainan), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, (Chen 1999; Kononenko & Pinratana 2005; Park et al.2007; Kirti et al. 2014).