Barca bicolor ( Oberthür, 1896 )

Cao, Chenglong, Huang, Siyao, Xu, Yongqiang, Wu, Haomin, Chen, Tianpeng, Wang, Min, Da, Wa & Fan, Xiaoling, 2019, New records and their associated DNA barcodes of the butterfly family Hesperiidae in Tibet, China, Zootaxa 4674 (4), pp. 426-438 : 434-435

Barca bicolor ( Oberthür, 1896)

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Dejeania bicolor Oberthür, 1896: 40 (Type locality: Siao-Lou, Sichuan).

Barca bicolor: Evans, 1949: 233 ; Chou, 1994: 725; Devyatkin & Monastyrskii, 1999; 2012; 2015; Yuan et al. 2015: 288; Wu & Hsu, 2017: 1339.

Material examined. 2 males, altitude 1806 m, 16. VI. 2017, Chawalong village , Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R. China, leg. Yongqiang Xu.

Diagnosis. Forewing with broad yellowish band extending from costa to anal angle and hindwing underside with a prominent silvery white band. Male genitalia ( Fig 5B ): valval tip undivided and armed with spines, end of aedeagus larger.

Distribution: China (Tibet *, Shaanxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Sichuan, Yunnan), Vietnam.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Male adults of newly recorded Hesperiidae from Tibet. A, Ochlodes brahma; B, Barca bicolor; C, Aeromachus propinquus; D, Celaenorrhinus consanguineus; E, Pedesta bivitta; F, Baoris penicillata chapmani. A, B, C, right, upperside; left, underside; D, E, F, right, underside, left upperside. Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGURE 5. Male genitalia of newly recorded Hesperiidae from Tibet. A, Ochlodes brahma; B, Barca bicolor; C, Aeromachus propinquus; D, Celaenorrhinus consanguineus; E, Pedesta bivitta; F, Baoris penicillata chapmani. Scale bar=1 mm.