Tarsolepis (Tarsolepisoides) japonica Wileman & South, 1917

Tarsolepis japonica Wileman & South, 1917; 50: 29.

Tasolepis japonica inouei Okano, 1958; 13: 52.

Tarsolepis (Tarsolepisoides) japonica; Schintlmeister, 2013; 11: 451.

TL: Miyanoshita [Tokyo, Japan]; TD: NHMUK

Distribution: India: Uttarakhand (Kumaon), Arunachal Pradesh. Elsewhere: China (Taiwan), Japan, Korea, Laos, Myanmar.

Material Examined: Arunachal Pradesh, Changlang dist., Namdapha NP, Deban FRH (27.4971°N; 96.3911°E, 345 m), 29.vi.2017 (1♂), leg. J. Sainy & Party.

Note: Till date a virtual gap was present in the Indo-Chinese distribution of this species between Laos and Myanmar & Nepal and NW India (Uttarakhand) (Schintlmeister, 2008). The present record of the species from Arunachal Pradesh (NE India) suggests its continuous distribution in the Indo-Chinese region. Acer sp. ( Aceraceae) is reported to be a host plant of this species.