Ochlodes brahma ( Moore, 1878 )

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 : 433

Ochlodes brahma ( Moore, 1878)

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Pamphila brahma Moore, 1878: 691 (Type locality: Mussoorie).

Ochlodes brahma: Pinratana, 1985: 95 ; Chiba & Tsukiyama, 1996: 7; Kimura et al., 2011: 91.

Material examined. 4 males, altitude 2300 m, 16. V. 2018, Jilong county , Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R. China, leg. Chenglong Cao ( SCAU) .

Diagnosis. Ochlodes brahma is well characterized by greyish white stigma in male forewing, hindwing with three spots in space Rs, M 3 and CuA 1. Male genitalia ( Fig 5A ): the lower angle of valval tip pointed.

Distribution. China * (Tibet), Nepal, N. India, Myanmar, N. Thailand, 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.