Polycaena kansuensis sakaii Sugiyama, 2015

Huang, Hao & Li, Yu-Fei, 2016, Notes on the genus Polycaena Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with descriptions of two new species from China, Zootaxa 4105 (6), pp. 575-590 : 581-582

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.4
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:47202F2D-9A6B-45BA-A99E-1E723C6E542B
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6056551
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scientific name	Polycaena kansuensis sakaii Sugiyama, 2015
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Polycaena kansuensis sakaii Sugiyama, 2015: 37 , figs. 6C, 6D for ♂ genitalia, pl. 3, figs. 6, 20 for ♂ holotype, TL: Aba, N. Sichuan.

Material. None.

Remarks. This taxon was described as a subspecies of Polycaena kansuensis on account of its similar male genitalia ( Sugiyama, 2015). According to the original description, the genitalic differences between ssp. kansuensis and ssp. sakaii are found in the length and shape of the central plate, and the spinules at the distal portion of the harpe. In external features, ssp. sakaii differs from ssp. kansuensis in having larger reddish orange submarginal spots on the forewing upper side.

Distribution. Northern Sichuan (Aba Prefecture).