Sarbanissa mandarina (Leech, 1890)

(Figs. 7, 23)

Seudyra mandarina Leech, 1890, Entomologist 23: 110, TL: China (Chang Yang).

Zalissa mandarina: Leech 1899, Trans. ent. Soc. 3: 213; Jordan 1914, in Seitz, Macrolep. World 3: 7, pl. le.

Seudyra mandarina: Hampson 1910, Cat. Lep. Phal. Br. Mus. 9: 434, pl. 146. fig. 10; Chen 1982, Icon. Het. sin. 3: 390; Chen 1993, Ins. Hengduan Mts. 3: 1033.

Sarbanissa mandarina: Chen 1999: 132 .

Material examined. 1 male. CHINA, Yunnan province, Weixi county, altitude 2160 m, 15-VII-2013, leg. Min Wang. 1 female. CHINA, 30-VII-2003, Sichuan province, Moxi county, Luding city, leg. Guo-hua Huang and Min Wang (SCAU) .

Identification notes. Wingspan about 50 mm. Forewing reddish brown, orbicular and reniform stigma brownish black, big and obvious. Hindwing with subterminal band wavy, submedial area with a black, longitudinal stripe, discal spot large and obvious.

Diagnosis. This species can be distinguished by the following characters: forewing reddish brown with yellow scales, hindwing with discal spot quite big and subterminal band continuous from costa to anal angle, submedial area with a broad longitudinal stripe.

Distribution. China (Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan) (Chen 1999).