Pedesta bivitta ( Oberthür, 1886 )

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 : 436

Pedesta bivitta ( Oberthür, 1886)

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Pamphila bivitta Oberthür, 1886: 28 (Type locality: Ta Tsien Lou, Sichuan).

Thoressa bivitta: Evans, 1949: 255 ; Yuan et al. 2015: 374; Wu & Hsu, 2017: 1359.

Pedesta bivitta: Huang, 2019: 169 .

Material examined. 4 males, altitude 2940 m, 19. VI . 2018, Chayu county , Xizang Autonomous Region, P. R. China, leg. Chenglong Cao ( SCAU) .

Diagnosis. Pedesta bivitta is unique within the genus Pedesta in having hindwing underside with several silver stripes which is absent in all the other species. Male genitalia ( Fig 5E ): this species is characterized by uncus broad at base and bifid, U-shaped at distal portion; socius short and slightly pointed; valvae asymmetrical: footstalk bifurcate, ventro-distal projection with outer edge not straight, covered with spines in right valva.

Distribution. China (Tibet *, Sichuan, Yunnan).

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.