Barsine asotoida Volynkin & Černý, 2018

Volynkin, Anton V., Černý, Karel & Huang, Si-Yao, 2019, A review of the Barsine hypoprepioides (Walker, 1862) species-group, with descriptions of fifteen new species and a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), Zootaxa 4618 (1), pp. 1-82 : 22

Barsine asotoida Volynkin & Černý, 2018

( Figs 88–90 , 192 , 247 )

Barsine asotoida Volynkin & Černý, 2018 , Ecologica Montenegrina , 19: 64, figs 4–6, 11, 12, 15 (Type locality: “SW China, Yunnan, Yunfe Shan [Yunfeng Mts,], W Gudong, Techong env., 25°22.623´N, 98°24.351´E, 2400 m ”).

Type material examined. Holotype ( Figs 88 , 192 ): ♂, “SW China, Yunnan, Yunfe Shan [Yunfeng Mts,], W Gudong, Techong env., 25°22.623´N, 98°24.351´E, 2400 m, 1–2.VI.2013, leg. Petr Viktora ”, slide MWM 31422 Volynkin (Coll. MWM/ ZSM) . Paratypes: 17 ♂ and 9 ♀ from China and Myanmar (Colls MWM/ ZSM, NHMUK, AFM & ASV) listed by Volynkin & Černý (2018c) .

Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13–14 mm in males and 14–15.5 mm in females. Externally, B. asotoida is similar to B. persephone due to its light hindwings coloration, but differs by the presence of the medial transverse line of forewing consisting of three large brown spots, the much narrower distal brown area presented as a postmedial line, the presence of a broad creamy white subterminal area with broad but weak greyish longitudinal suffusion on veins, the presence of a diffuse subbasal transverse line on hindwing, the medial transverse line of hindwing situated more distally, and the absence of dark suffusion on veins in the subterminal area of hindwing. The male genitalia of B. asotoida are similar to those of B. specialis , but differ by their longer medial costal process (that is significantly shorter in B. specialis ), weaker distal saccular process directed dorsally (that is robust, and only its tip is slightly curved dorsally), and larger subbasal and medial ventral diverticula. The female genitalia of B. asotoida differ from those of B. specialis by the much narrower and shorter antrum, and narrower and slightly shorter appendix bursae.

Distribution. North Myanmar (Kachin) and South-West China (Yunnan) ( Volynkin & Černý 2018c).

Figures

FIGURES 86–93. Barsine spp., adults. 86, B. persephone, holotype ♂, N Thailand (MWM/ZSM); 87, ditto, paratype ♀, N Vietnam (MWM/ZSM); 88, B. asotoida, holotype ♂, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 89, ditto, paratype ♀, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 90, ditto, paratype ♂, NE Myanmar (©NHMUK); 91, B. specialis, holotype ♂, China, Yunnan (IZCAS); 92, ditto, ♂, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM); 93, ditto, ♀, China, Yunnan (MWM/ZSM).

FIGURES 192–195. Barsine spp., male genitalia. 192, B. asotoida, holotype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31422 Volynkin; 193, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31378 Volynkin; 194, B. karenkensis karenkensis, Taiwan, slide MWM 31439 Volynkin; 195, B. karenkensis wushipheri, holotype, Taiwan, slide MWM 31441 Volynkin.

FIGURES 246–251. Barsine spp., female genitalia. 246, B. persephone, paratype, N Thailand, slide MWM 31385 Volynkin; 247, B. asotoida, paratype, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31423 Volynkin; 248, B. specialis, China, Yunnan, slide MWM 31386 Volynkin; 249, B. karenkensis karenkensis, N Taiwan, slide MWM 31440 Volynkin; 250, B. karenkensis wushipheri, S Taiwan, slide MWM 31442 Volynkin; 251, B. euryphaessa, paratype, N Vietnam, slide MWM 31444 Volynkin.