Lemyra (Thyrgorina) eximia ( Swinhoe, 1891 )

Singh, Harsimranjeet, Raha, Angshuman, Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Singh, Navneet, 2024, Taxonomic review of the genus Lemyra Walker (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India, Zootaxa 5454 (1), pp. 1-69 : 16-17

Lemyra (Thyrgorina) eximia ( Swinhoe, 1891) : 137 ( Alpenus )

( Figs 34–36 , 137, 138 , 204 )

TL: North Kanara [ Karnataka, India]. Lectotype designated by Hampson (1901).

Material examined: India, Karnataka: [Shimoga district], Jog falls , 1 ♂, 21.vii.2004, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 5376/H10), 3 ♂, 22.vii.2004, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 5373–75/H10); [Uttara Kannada district], Ganeshgudi ,

1 ♂, 21.vii.2007, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 5372/H10); [Kodagu district], Madikeri , 1 ♂, 4.i.2005, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 12806/H10) , 1 ♀, 24.ix.2005, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 15138/H10); Kutta , 2 ♂, 1 ♀, 10.x.2006, N. Singh leg. ( NZCZSI; 12807/H10) .

Diagnosis: Forewing length: ♂ 14 mm. Female, 18 mm. The south Indian species L. ( T.) eximia ( Figs 34–36 ) is somewhat reminiscent to the Himalayan species, L. ( T.) biseriata ( Figs 7–9 ), L. ( T.) bimaculata ( Figs 26–27 ) and L. ( T.) densimacula sp. nov. ( Figs 10, 11 ), but is almost unmistakable by its more reddish colour. Lemyra ( T.) eximia is further distinct from L. ( T.) biseriata and L. ( T.) bimaculata , by stronger wing maculation. The intensity of wing maculation in L. (T.) eximia is more similar to L. ( T.) densimacula sp. nov., whereas the broad marginal band on hindwing of the latter is replaced by a series of marginal spots in L. ( T.) eximia . In male genitalia, L. ( T.) eximia ( Figs 137, 138 ) is clearly different from all the above discussed congeners by the short and stout valva with much reduced subapical process and vesica with smaller patch of weak spines.

Distribution. Indian records: Karnataka (Ganeshgudi, Jog falls) ( Singh et al. 2021). Global records: unknown.

Remarks: Lemyra (T.) eximia exhibits sexual dimorphism; in males, the wings are reddish, while the females are yellowish in colour ( Thomas 1990). Specimens were collected in Karnataka at an altitude around 1000 m and less than 1000 m from West coast semi evergreen forest and southern moist mixed deciduous forest.

Figures

FIGURES 32–42. Habitus of Lemyra spp. 32–33. L. bucseki, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Vazula, Himachal Pradesh); 34–35. L. eximia, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Kutta, Karnataka, India); 36. ditto, female, dorsal side (Kutta, Karnataka, India); 37–38. L. spinisinferma, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Vallakadavu, Kerala, India); 39–40. L. malshejensis, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Malshej Ghat, Maharashtra, India); 41–42. L. saputarensis, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Saputara, Gujarat, India).

FIGURES 131–142. Genitalia of Lemyra spp. 131–132. L. pseudobimaculata, male: 131, Ventral view, 132, Aedeagus; 133– 134. L. tawaghatensis, male: 133, ventral view, 134, Aedeagus; 135–136. L. bucseki, male: 135, ventral view, 136, Aedeagus; 137–138. L. eximia, male: 137, Ventral view, 138,Aedeagus; 139–140. L. spinisinferma, male: 139, ventral view, 140,Aedeagus; 141–142. L. malshejensis, male: 141, ventral view, 142, Aedeagus.

FIGURES 201–206. Genitalia of Lemyra spp. 201. L. rubripecta sp. nov., female, ventral view; 202. L. biseriata, female, ventral view; 203. L. obliquivitta, female, ventral view; 204. L. eximia, female, ventral view; 205. L. multivittata, female, ventral view; 206. L. stigmata stigmata, female, ventral view.

FIGURES 1–11. Habitus of Lemyra spp. 1–2, L. neglecta, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Jang, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 3. ditto, dorsal side, male (Pfutsero, Nagaland, India); 4–5, L. rubripecta sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and ventral sides (Old Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 6. L. rubripecta sp. nov., female, dorsal side (Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 7. L. biseriata, female, dorsal side, (Jatinga, Assam, India); 8–9. ditto, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Kohima, Nagaland, India); 10–11. L. densimacula sp. nov., male, dorsal and ventral sides (Kohima, Nagaland, India).

FIGURES 21–31. Habitus of Lemyra spp. 21–22. L. rubidorsa, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Rishop, West Bengal, India); 23–24. L. Proteus, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Wokha, Nagaland, India); 25. L. magnaproteus, syn. nov., male, dorsal side, (Wokha, Nagaland, India); 26. L. bimaculata, male, dorsal side, (Munsiyari, Uttarakhand, India); 27. L. bimaculata (HT of L. kodai), male, dorsal side, (Loharkhet, Uttarakhand, India); 28. L. bimaculata (HT of L. crispens), male, dorsal side, (Loharkhet, Uttarakhand, India); 29. L. bimaculata (HT of L. saccuens), male, dorsal side, (Loharkhet, Uttarakhand, India); 30. Lemyra pseudobimaculata, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Tawaghat, Uttarakhand, India); 31. L. tawaghatensis, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Tawaghat, Uttarakhand, India).