Scobura isota ( Swinhoe, 1893 )

Fan, Xiaoling, Chiba, Hideyuki & Wang, Min, 2010, The genus Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1897 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Zootaxa 2490, pp. 1-15 : 5-6

Scobura isota ( Swinhoe, 1893)

Figs 5−6 , 31−36

Isma isota Swinhoe, 1893: 320 . (Type locality: Khasi Hills, India) Scobura isota: Evans, 1949: 294 .

small projections; saccus broad; left and right valva asymmetrical distally; aedeagus with suprazonal sheath prominently shorter than subzonal sheath; juxta V-shaped.

Material examined

73, Sanchahe, Mengyang, Yunnan, II −III.1990.

Distribution

China (Yunnan), India ( Swinhoe, 1893; Evans, 1949), Thailand ( Pinratana, 1985), Vietnam ( Evans, 1949; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999; Miyazaki et al., 2007), Malaysia ( Evans, 1949; Eliot, 1992).

Remarks

The species closely resembles S. cephala from Vietnam, but without a rectangular spot in space CuA2, so that the examination of male genitalia is necessary to ensure definitive identification. This is the first report of the species from China.

Figures

FIGURES 1 − 24. Adults of Scobura species: 1 − 4. S. cephaloides kinka Evans (Hainan), male (1 – 2), female (3 – 4); 5 – 6. S. isota (Swinhoe), male (Yunnan); 7 − 8. S. evansi Devyatkin, male (Guangdong); 9 – 12. S. coniata Hering (Guangdong), male (9 – 10), female (11, 12); 13 – 14. S. lyso (Evans), male (Zhejiang); 15 – 18. S. hainana (Gu & Wang) comb. nov. (Guangdong), male (15 − 16), female (17 − 18); 19 − 20. S. parawoolletti sp. nov., male (Hainan, holotype); 21 – 22. S. woolletti (Riley), male (Borneo); 23 − 24. S. stellata sp. nov., male (Guangdong, holotype). Odd number, upperside; even number, underside; scale bar, 10 mm.

FIGURES 31 − 36. Male genitalia of Scobura isota (Swinhoe) (Yunnan). 31. ring, lateral view; 32. tegumen, dorsal view; 33. right valva, inner view; 34. left valva, inner view; 35. aedeagus; 36. juxta.