Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans, 1949

Fan, Xiaoling, Chiba, Hideyuki & Wang, Min, 2010, The genus Scobura Elwes & Edwards, 1897 from China, with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae), Zootaxa 2490, pp. 1-15 : 3

Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans, 1949

Figs. 1−4 , 25−30

Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans, 1949: 294 (Type locality: Tonkin, Vietnam); Pinratana, 1985: 69; Osada et al., 1999: Plate 140.

Scobura cephaloides: Chou, 1994: 738 .

Scobura sp. (sp. incer.): Gu & Chen, 1997: 326.

Zographetus hainanus Gu & Wang, 1997: 329 , syn. nov. (Type locality: Hainan, China)

Diagnosis

Forewing length 15−17 mm. Hindwing upperside with small white spots in spaces CuA1 and M3, sometimes one spot in space M1; underside of basal half of hindwing yellow, distal half ferruginous, with five small white spots.

Male genitalia ( Figs. 25−29 ): Tegumen without socius; uncus longer than tegumen, tapered distally; saccus short and broad; valva with ventrodistal process blunt; aedeagus with suprazonal sheath prominently shorter than subzonal sheath; juxta U-shaped.

Female genitalia ( Fig. 30 ): Papillae anales rectangular, sclerotized and covered with hairs; apophysis posterioris slender and long; anterior lamella W-shaped and conical centrally; posterior lamella trapeziumshaped with upper margin straight, lateral angle pointed; ductus bursa short, membranous; bursa copulatrix elongate, membranous.

Material examined

13, Jianfengling, Hainan, 31.V.1990, M.B. Gu ( Zographetus hainanus Gu & Wang, 1997 : Holotype); 23, 1Ƥ, Yinggeling, Hainan, 14.V.2005, M. Wang & L.S. Chen.

Remarks

Zographetus hainanus was described from Hainan Province, China. It was incorrectly assigned to the genus Zographetus due to the superficial resemblance. We examined the holotype of Z. hainanus and based on wing pattern ( Figs. 1−4 ) and male genitalia ( Figs. 25−29 ), we concluded that it is identical to S. cephaloides kinka Evans, 1949 . Female genitalia are described here for the first time.

Figures

FIGURE 30. Female genitalia of Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans (Hainan).

FIGURES 1 − 24. Adults of Scobura species: 1 − 4. S. cephaloides kinka Evans (Hainan), male (1 – 2), female (3 – 4); 5 – 6. S. isota (Swinhoe), male (Yunnan); 7 − 8. S. evansi Devyatkin, male (Guangdong); 9 – 12. S. coniata Hering (Guangdong), male (9 – 10), female (11, 12); 13 – 14. S. lyso (Evans), male (Zhejiang); 15 – 18. S. hainana (Gu & Wang) comb. nov. (Guangdong), male (15 − 16), female (17 − 18); 19 − 20. S. parawoolletti sp. nov., male (Hainan, holotype); 21 – 22. S. woolletti (Riley), male (Borneo); 23 − 24. S. stellata sp. nov., male (Guangdong, holotype). Odd number, upperside; even number, underside; scale bar, 10 mm.

FIGURES 25 − 29. Male genitalia of Scobura cephaloides kinka Evans (Hainan). 25. ring, lateral view; 26. tegumen, dorsal view; 27. valva, inner view; 28. aedeagus; 29. juxta.