Callabraxas Butler, 1880

CHOI, SEI-WOONG, 2001, Phylogeny of Eulithis Hübner and Related Genera (Lepidoptera: Geometridae), with an Implication of Wing Pattern Evolution, American Museum Novitates 3318, pp. 1-40 : 33

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Callabraxas Butler, 1880 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 6: 226. Type species: Callabraxas amanda Butler, 1880 , Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5) 6: 226, by original designation.

Chartographa Gumppenberg, 1887, Nova Acta Acad. Caeser. Leop. Carol. 49: 325 (key). Type species: Cidaria ludovicaria Oberthür, 1879, Diagnoses Espéces nouv. Lépid. ile Askold: 10, by subsequent designation (Prout, 1914: 210). NEW SYNONYMY

Callygris ThierryMieg, 1904 , Naturaliste 18: 141. Type species: Abraxas compositata Guenée, 1857 , in Boisduval and Guenée, Hist. Nat. Insectes (Spec. gén. Lépid.) 10: 207, by subsequent designation (Fletcher, 1979: 34). [A junior synonym of Chartographa Gumppenberg , see Xue and Zhu, 1999]

DIAGNOSIS: Species of a newly defined genus Callabraxas are characterized by the mimetic wing patterns: forewings of white ground color with distinctive blackish markings; hindwings whitish with an orange band and blackish dots on the termen. The central fascia of forewing is ochreous or dark red band ( amanda , trigoniplaga , fabiolaria ) or brownish lines, converging on the tornus ( plurilineata , ludovicaria , compositata ) (fig. 1). Male genitalia (figs. 11C, D, E, 13E) are similar to those of Eulithis , but distinguished by the dentate transtilla ( fabiolaria , trigoniplaga ) and the androconial hairs on the valva ( amanda ). Female genitalia (figs. 16A, B, C, E) are distinguished by the wide, funnelshaped ostium ( fabiolaria , ludovicaria ).

BIOLOGY: Sato and Nakajima (1987) recorded that C. compositata feeds on Parthenocissus ( Vitaceae ).

DISTRIBUTION: All species are known from Asia.

DISCUSSION: Prout (1914) listed Chartographa under Lygris based on the following morphological features: palpus with third joint concealed; wings broad, distal margins smooth, that of hindwing ventricose; male hairtuft normal. He noted that this genus shows structural transition between Lygris and Callygris ThierryMieg. In the present analysis, the basal clade of Callabraxas and Chartographa is weakly supported by one character: distinguishing blackish dots on abdomen. Neither Callabraxas nor Chartographa is found to be monophyletic, Callabraxas maculata being a sister species of Gandaritis agnes ; Chartographa fabiolaria being a sister species of Callabraxas amanda (fig. 18). Here I synonymize the genus Chartographa with Callabraxas .