Cyana divakara (Moore, [1866])

Volynkin, Anton V., Saldaitis, Aidas & Huang, Si-Yao, 2021, Cyana shirakawai, a new species from south-eastern Xizang, China (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), Ecologica Montenegrina 48, pp. 28-33 : 32-33

Cyana divakara (Moore, [1866])

(Figs 3–6, 10, 13)

B.[izone] divakara Moore, [1866] , Proceedings of the general meetings for scientific business of the Zoological Society of London , 1865: 798, pl. 42, fig. 9 (Type locality: [NE India] “Darjeeling”).

Type material examined. Lectotype (Fig. 3): male, “Darjiling 1864” / “ Coll. Staudinger ” / “657” / pink square label ( MFN); paralectotype (Fig. 4): female, “Darjiling 1869” / “coll. Atkinson ” / “ Coll. Staudinger ” / “875.” / “ Chionaema divakara Moore by Hmpsn” ( MFN).

Remark. The type series of Bizone divakara is mixed and contains a specimen of C. britomartis . In order to stabilize the nomenclature the male specimen matching the original illustration ( Moore 1865 [1866]: pl. 43, fig. 9) is designated herein as lectotype (Fig. 3).

Distribution. Northeast India (Sikkim, north of West Bengal and Assam), Nepal and Bhutan ( Hampson 1900; Singh et al. 2020).

FIigures 12–14. Cyana spp. : female genitalia. Depositories of the specimens dissected: 12 in WIGJ; 13 and 14 in MWM/ZSM.