Macrobrochis splendens ( Butler, 1877 )

Volynkin, Anton V., 2024, On the taxonomy of the Oriental genus Paraona Moore with descriptions of a new genus, a new species, and introduction of new synonymies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 73, pp. 408-420 : 417

Macrobrochis splendens ( Butler, 1877) , comb. rev.

( Figs 15, 16 , 23 , 28 )

Crambomorpha splendens Butler, 1877 , Transactions of the Entomological Society of London , 1877: 357 (Type locality: [W India, Mumbai] “ Bombay ”)

Type material examined. Lectotype (designated herein) ( Fig. 15 ): male, “ Bombay. | 77–16.” / “ C. splendens | Butler Type” / red ring label “ Type | H.T.” / QR- code label with unique ID “NHMUK010401928” ( NHMUK).

Additional material examined: series of both sexes from West and South India ( MWM / ZSM and NHMUK).

Notes. (1) The species was described without the sex and number of specimens being mentioned ( Butler 1877). In order to stabilise the nomenclature, the male “Type” specimen deposited in the NHMUK is herein designated as the lectotype. (2) Similar to some other congeners, the species is significantly variable in its size (the forewing length is 19.0–25.5 mm in males and 23.0–27.5 mm in females).

Distribution. West and South India ( Butler 1877; Hampson 1900).

Figures

Figures 9–16. Murmyshia (9–12), Hesudra (13, 14), and Macrobrochis (15, 16) spp.: adults. Depositories of the specimens: 9, 13 and 14 in CKC; 10–12 in MWM/ZSM; 15 and 16 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).

Figures 21–24. Murmyshia (21, 22), Macrobrochis (23), and Hesudra (24) spp.: male genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 21 and 22 in MWM/ZSM; 23 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK); 24 in CKC.

Figures 25–29. Murmyshia (25–27), Macrobrochis (28), and Hesudra (29) spp.: female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 25 and 27 in MWM/ZSM; 26 and 29 in CKC; 28 in NHMUK (©The Trustees of NHMUK).