Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li

Huang, Hao & Zhu, Jian-Qing, 2016, Ahlbergia maoweiweii sp. n. from Shaanxi, China with revisional notes on similar species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 4114 (4), pp. 409-433 : 430-431

Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li (incertae sedis)

( Figs. 22–27 , 67–68 , 92–93 , 102 , 111 )

Ahlbergia chalcidis Chou & Li, 1994: 770 , fig. 70 for male genitalia, 656, figs for habitus, TL: Kunming, Yunnan; Huang & Zhou, 2014: 142, figs. 25–29 for habitus, figs. 52, 53, 60, 61, 69, 70, 82, 106 for male and female genitalia.

Material. CHINA: Yunnan province: 1♂ (CHH), Lijiang City, Yulongxueshan, 2900m, 10.V.2014, H. Huang leg.; 3♂♂, 2♀♀ (CHH), Lijiang, Yulongxueshan, 2600m, 26.IV.2015, H. Huang leg.; 2♂♂, 1♀ ( CCAM), Lijiang, Ludian, 2600–2900m, IV.2006, A.-M. Chen leg.; 5♂♂, 1♀ (CHH), Lijiang, Ludian, 2500–2800m, 13.V.2014; 7♂♂, 2♀♀ (CHH), Lijiang, Ludian, 2600–2700m, 28.IV.2015 & 20.V.2015, H. Huang & X.-D. Yang leg.; 2♂♂, 1♀ (CHH), Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Region, Deqin County, 2900m, 27.V.2009, L. Ding leg.. All specimens dissected.

Remarks. Beside holotype, a topotypic male specimen was figured by Huang & Zhou (2014: 146, figs. 25– 26); the photos of these two specimens are basis of identification for A. chalcidis . Male specimens from Lijiang were identified by their external similarities to specimens from Kunming. It should be noted that Lijiang shares all the Ahlbergia fauna with Kunming and both areas are occupied by A. chalcidis , A. circe montivaga Johnson, 1992 , A. prodiga Johnson, 1992 and A. clarolinea .

Relationship between A. chalcidis and A. chalybeia is still uncertain; more specimens of A. chalybeia from Hubei need to be examined in the future. The lamella postvaginalis of female genitalia of A. chalcidis is varied from the type as shown in Fig. 111 to the types resembling that of A. clarolinea as shown in Fig. 108 and that of A. chalybeia as shown in Fig. 110 . The ductus bursae of A. chalcidis is as wide as that of A. chalybeia , but is constantly wider than that of A. clarolinea . Therefore it is likely that A. chalcidis represents a geographical variation of A. chalybeia .

Both A. chalcidis and A. clarolinea fly together at least in three localities: Yulongxueshan, Ludian and Kunming. The two species are markedly different in wing-characters, length of saccus of male genitalia, shape of tegumen of male genitalia in lateral view and width of ductus bursae of female genitalia.

Distribution. Yunnan (Kunming, Deqin, Lijiang).

Figures

FIGURES 16 – 30. Habitus of Ahlbergia and Novosatsuma males at same scale. 16 – 17 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 18 – 21 — A. clarolinea; 18 – 19 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang; 20 – 21 — Ludian, Lijiang. 22 – 27 — A. chalcidis; 22 – 25 — Ludian, Lijiang; 26 – 27 — Yulongxueshan, Lijiang. 28 – 30 — N. magnapurpurea, paratype. 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28 — upperside; 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29 — underside.

FIGURES 61 – 75. Habitus of Ahlbergia females at same scale. 61 – 62 — A. maoweiweii, paratype. 63 – 66, 71 – 72 — A. clarolinea; 63 – 64 — holotype, Yulongxueshan; 65 – 66 — Ludian, Lijiang; 71 – 72 — Muli, Sichuan. 67 – 68 — A. chalcidis, Ludian, Lijiang. 69 – 70 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong. 73 – 75 — A. caesius, holotype. 61, 63, 65, 67, 69, 71, 73 — upperside; 62, 64, 66, 68, 70, 72, 74 — underside.

FIGURES 86 – 93. Male genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa. 86 – 88 — hand-drawings reproduced from Johnson (1992), consisting of enlarged tip of phallus to show cornuti, entire genitalia in ventral view to show valvae, and valvae in lateral view; 86 — A. leei, holotype; 87 — A. tricaudata, holotype; 88 — A. frivaldszkyi aquilonaria, holotype. 89 – 93 — photos consisting of enlarged tip of phallus in dorsal view, entire genitalia in lateral view, valvae in ventral view and ring in ventral view; 89 — A. luoliangi, holotype (Figs. 9 – 10); 90 – 91 — A. clarolinea, paratypes, Ludian, Lijiang; 92 – 93 — A. chalcidis, Ludian, Lijiang. (Red arrows directed to important characters mentioned in text).

FIGURES 94 – 104. Female genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa in lateral view at same scale. 94 — A. maoweiweii, paratype (Figs. 31 – 32); 95 — A. leei, Liaoning (Figs. 35 – 36); 96 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 43); 97 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype (Fig. 45); 98 — A. luoliangi, paratype (Figs. 39 – 40); 99 — A. frivaldszkyi, Shaanxi (Fig. 38); 100 — A. frivaldszkyi, Tianjin (Fig. 37); 101 — A. leei ssp., Shaanxi (Figs. 41 – 42); 102 — A. chalcidis, Lijiang; 103 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong (Figs. 69 – 70); 104 — A. clarolinea, holotype (Figs. 63 – 64).

FIGURES 105 – 129. Female genitalia of Ahlbergia taxa in ventral view at same scale (except for 109). 105 — A. maoweiweii, paratype (Figs. 31 – 32); 106 — A. ferrea, Liaoning (Fig. 43); 107 — A. luoliangi, paratype (Figs. 39 – 40); 108 — A. clarolinea, holotype (Figs. 63 – 64); 109 — A. chalybeia, lectotype, after Johnson (1992); 110 — A. chalybeia, Jiulong (Figs. 69 – 70); 111 — A. chalcidis, Lijiang; 112 — A. frivaldszkyi, Shaanxi (Fig. 38); 113 — A. tricaudata confusa, holotype (Fig. 45); 114 — A. tricaudata tricaudata, Liaoning (Fig. 44); 115 — A. tricaudata ssp., Shaanxi; 116 – 121, 126 – 129 — A. frivaldszkyi; 116 – 118, 127 – 129 — Shaanxi; 119 — Kangxian, Gansu (Figs. 48 – 49); 120 — Huixian, Gansu (Figs. 52 – 53); 121 — Wenxian, Gansu (Figs. 50 – 51); 126 — Tianjin (Fig. 37); 122 – 125 — A. leei; 122 — Liaoning (Figs. 35 – 36); 123 — Shaanxi (Figs. 41 – 42); 124 – 125 — Shaanxi.