Barsine pulchra pulcherrima (Staudinger, 1887), stat. rev.

(Figs 48–53, 58, 59, 63)

Calligenia pulchra var. pulcherrima Staudinger, 1887, Mémoires sur les lépidoptères, 3: 187 (Type locality: [Russian Far East, Primorye Terr.] “Sidemi”).

Type material examined. Syntypes of Calligenia pulchra var. pulcherrima: female (Fig. 48), “ Sidimi | 84 Jnk.” / “ Pulchra Butl. | var. Pulcherrima | Stgr.” / pink label “Origin.” / “ex coll. 1/3 | Staudinger ” / “Zool. Mus. | Berlin ” / “ Miltochrista pulchra | v. pulcherrima Stgr. ” (MfN); female, “ Sidimi ” / “ Pulchra Butl. | var. Pulcherrima | Stgr.” / pink label “Origin.” / “ex coll. 3/3 | Staudinger ” / “ Miltochrista | gratiosa Guér. | Hps.” / “403.” / bluish-grey round label (MfN) .

Additional material examined: RUSSIA: 1 female, 85 km SW Vladivostok, Gamov peninsula, Vitaz bay, 7–22.VIII.1979, Dubatolov leg. (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, Russia, Primorye Terr., Khasansky Distr., 59 km SW of Slavyanka, Furugelma Isl., 42°28’N, 130°55’E, 0–100m, 19–21. VII.2015, S.Yu. Sinev leg., gen. prep. No.: AV1796 (prepared by Volynkin) (ZISP) ; 1 female, 1–3. VII.1993, S Primorye, Gamov Penins., Spaseniya Bay between Telyakovsky and Astafyev Bays, at light, V. Dubatolov & V. Zinchenko leg. (SZMN) ; NORTH KOREA: 3 males, 1 female, Prov. Gang-von district On-dzong, Kum-gang san, near Hotel Go-song, 250 m, 4–6.VIII.1975, leg. J. Papp & A. Vojnita (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, Kaesong, garden of city hotel, 6.IX.1975, No. 248, leg. S. Horvatovich & J. Papp, gen. prep. No.: 665 (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, Mt. Pektusan, before Sam-zi-yan hotel, lake-shore, 20.VIII.1977, light-trap, Dely & Drascovits, (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 females, Jongak-san ( Phjongjang-si), 16–20.VIII.[19]71, Razowski (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, Prov. Kangwon, Mt. Kumgang-san, Hotel Kumgang-san, 19.IX.1980, Dr. L. Forró & Dr. Gy. Topál leg. (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 female, same locality as previous but 24. VII.1982, Dr. L. Forró & Dr. L. Ronkay leg. (MWM/ ZSM); 1 female, Kum-gang san, Ontsong, 9–11. VII.1977, No. 351, light-trap, Dely & Draskovits (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 female, South Hwangae prov., Songhwa, 17.IX.1979, leg. Dr. H. Steinmann et Dr. T. Vásárhelyi (MWM/ ZSM) ; CHINA: 7 males, 4 females, Hubei, Wudang Shan, 32°16’N, 110°57’E, IX.2000, 1500 m, local collector leg. (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, 3 females, Jiangxi-Fujian border, Wuy Shan, 80 km SE of Yingtan, 27°56’N, 117°25’E, 1600 m, V.2002, Sinyaev & local. coll. leg. (MWM/ ZSM) ; 17 males, 1 female, Tapaishan in Tsinling, South Shensi [Shaanxi], 27. V.–24. VII.1936, H. Höne / Sammlung Daniel (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 males, Prov. Sichuan, ca. 100 km S Chengdu (Tschengtu), 1850 m, E of Meishan, 10–12.IV.1999, leg. G. Müller (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, [Sichuan] Szetschwan, Kwanhsien, Exp. Stötzner / Sammlung Daniel (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 female, A-tun-tse (North Yunnan), Talsohle, ca. 3000 m, 1. VI.1937, H. Höne / Sammlung Daniel (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 males, 2 females, Prov. Hubei, NE of Wuhan City, Tapieh Shan, mid. VI.–early. VIII.1999, 900–1600 m, J. Li leg. (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, 1 female, 3. VI.2019, Chaoshuihe Village, Xingshan County, Hubei Province, Si-yao Huang & Shun-yun Tan leg., gen. preps. by Huang (SCAU) ; 1 male, altitude 1800 m, 7. VII.1998, Tanchang County, Longnan City, Gansu Province, IOZ(E) 331491 (IZCAS) ; 2 males, Tai-Shan (1550 m), Prov. Shantung [Shandong], 8. VI.1934, H. Höne / Sammlung Daniel, gen. prep. No.: 270 (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 males, 1 female, West Tien-Mu-Shan (1600 m), Prov. Chekiang [Zhejiang], 20–22.VIII.1932, H. Höne / Sammlung Daniel, gen. prep. No.: 269 (male) (MWM/ ZSM) ; 2 females, Mokanshan, Prov. Chekiang [Zhejiang], 28.VIII. and 6.IX.30, H. Höne / Sammlung Daniel (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 female, [Zhejiang] Chekiang, Mokanshan, 17. VI.30, Höne / Franz Daniel, München (MWM/ ZSM) ; 1 male, Guangxi, Guilin, Mao’ershan, 500–1500m, 6–10.VIII.2007, Y. Kishida, gen. prep. No.: AV1811 (prepared by Volynkin) (SZMN).

Diagnosis. The forewing length is 11.5–15.5 mm in males and 15.5–18.0 mm in females. The continental subspecies superficially differs from the island nominate one in the somewhat more orange shade of the forewing ground colour, and the slightly narrower yellow stripes along the veins. In the male genitalia, the medial costal process is slightly distally broader than in B. p. pulchra, the distal lobe of the distal saccular process is somewhat longer than the dorsal one (they are more or less equal in length in the nominate subspecies), the dorsal lobe is basally broader, and the 3 rd medial diverticulum of the phallus vesica bears larger cornuti distally. The female genitalia of the two subspecies are very similar but the ductus and the corpus bursae of B. p. pulcherrima are somewhat broader than in B. p. pulchra .

Distribution. Southern Russian Far East (Primorye Territory), Korea, China (Heilongjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hubei, Guangxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan Provinces), and northern Laos (Dubatolov et al. 1993; Fang 2000; Dubatolov 2008; Bucsek 2020; Kishida 2011).