Chonala laurae laurae Bozano, 1999

Guo, Liang, Huang, Si-Yao, Wang, Min & Ma, Fang-Zhou, 2023, Description of a new subspecies of Chonala laurae Bozano, 1999 from Southeastern China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 593-600 : 596

Chonala laurae laurae Bozano, 1999

Figs 5–8 , 15, 16 , 18

Chonala laurae Bozano, 1999: 20 , type locality: “Qin Ling, m. 1500, 33°25′45″N, 108°26′00″E, Shaanxi, CHINA ”; Lang et al. 2017: 35; Lang 2017: 114, pl. XIV, fig. 3.

Type material examined: holotype, male, white printed label “ 33°25′45″N, 108°26′00″E, m. 1500, S. Qin Ling Mts 150 km S-W of Xian Shaanxi, CHINA, 6-13.VIII.1997 G.C. Bozano ”/ white handwritten label “prep. 146” / red printed label “ HOLOTYPE Chonala laurae Bozano, 1999 ” ( ZFMK).

Other material examined: 1 male, 1 female, altitude 1850 m, 13. VII. 2018, Hongping, Shennongjia, Hubei Province, China, leg. Song-yun Lang, SATY0700 (male) ( CSYL) ; 1 male, altitude 1400–1600 m, 6. VII. 2018, Ningshan County, Shaanxi Province, China, leg. Peng Li ( CSYL) .

Distribution: Shaanxi (Qinling) and Hubei (Shennongjia), central part of China ( Fig. 21 )

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FIGURES 21. Distribution map of Chonala spp. in the current study.

FIGURES 1–8. Male of Chonala sspp. 1–2, C. laurae wuyishana ssp. nov., holotype, Huanggangshan, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian (SCAU); 3–4, ditto, paratype, ditto (SCAU); 5–6, C. laurae laurae, holotype, Qinling, Shaanxi (ZFMK); 7–8, ditto, Shennongjia, Hubei, SATY0700 (CSYL). Scale=10 mm.

FIGURES 9–16. Adults of Chonala spp. 9–10, C. houae, holotype, Mt. Jinfo, Chongqing, SATY1156 (CQMNH); 11–12, ditto, paratype, ditto, SATY0466 (CQMNH); 13–14, C. laurae wuyishana ssp. nov., paratype, Mt. Wuyi, Fujian (SCAU); 15–16, C. laurae laurae, Shennongjia, Hubei (CSYL); 9–12 male, 13–16 female. Scale=10 mm.

FIGURES 17–20. Male genitalia of Chonala sspp. Depository of the genitalia: 17 in SCAU, 18 in CSYL, 19 & 20 in CQMNH. a=genitalia capsule with left valva and aedeagus removed; b=aedeagus in dorsal view; c=aedeagus in lateral view; d=left valva in dorsal view. Scale=1 mm.