Celaenorrhinus victor Devyatkin, 2003

Zhu, J. Q. & Li, L. Z., 2011, First Record Of The Celaenorrhinus Victor Devyatkin, 2003 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) From China, Far Eastern Entomologist 235, pp. 6-8 : 6-8

Celaenorrhinus victor Devyatkin, 2003

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Celaenorrhinus victor Devyatkin, 2003: 273 . (Type locality: North Vietnam, Province Ninh Binh, Cuc Phuong National Park ).

MATERIAL. China: Guizhou: Mayanghe, Yanhe , 600-800 m, 06.IX, 28.IX, 03.X 2007, 16♂, 2♀ (J. Q. Zhu leg.) . Yunnan: Qiqi, Gongshan , 2000m, 24-25.V 2009, 4 ♂ (J. Q. Zhu leg.) ; Heiwadi, Gongshan , 2000 m, 07.VI 2009, 3 ♂ (J. Q. Zhu leg.) .

DESCRIPTION. Antennae about 12 mm in length. Shaft and club above white. Labial palpi brown dorsally and yellowish ventrally. Forewing 21-23 mm in length; upperside darkbrown with white spots; subapical spots in spaces R 3 -R 5 subequal and almost in line; spots in spaces M 1 and M 2 small and sometimes disappeared; spot in space M 3 small and close to the cell; spots in discal cell and space Cu 1 large and quadrate; two spots at the basal 3/4 of space Cu 2; a dot-like small spot at the basal 1/4 of space Cu 2, which may be absent in some specimens. Hindwing about 16 mm in length, approximately oval; upperside dark-brown with yellowish orange spots; discal cell spot dot-like and often absent; a big discal spot located at the end of the cell; discal area with two small spots in space Cu 2, one spot in space Cu 1 and Rs; submarginal area with two spots in space Cu 2, one spot in space Cu 1 and M 3; sometimes two vestigial dots maybe visible in space M 1 and M 2; cilia checkered by yellow and brown; underside as upperside, with the spots of the hindwing defined but slightly paler.

MALE GENITALIA. Tegumen with two lateral processes pointed at tip; uncus bifid; valva with a long and slender costal process, strongly curved inwards; cuiller broad and protruded; aedeagus as long as valva, with two cornuti; saccus broad in ventral view, equal to tegument in length.

DISTRIBUTION. China (Guizhou, Yunnan); North Vietnam.

REMARKS. Hind wings of the specimens collected in May and June in China often exhibit reduced wing patterns ( Fig. 1 ), similar to that of the type materials occur in April in North Vietnam ( Devyatkin, 2003). However , wing markings of the individuals appeared in September and October in our collection are more developed ( Fig. 2 ). Therefore, we conclude that C. victor should be a multivoltine species across its known distribution range with seasonal variation in wing patterns .

We would like to express sincere thanks to Mr. Huang Hao for providing literature, to Dr. Hu Shaoji for critical reading the primary manuscript, to Dr. Xue Guoxi (School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry) for giving some valuable suggestions, as well as to two anonymous reviewers for constructive recommendations.

Figures

Figs 1–6. Celaenorrhinus victor. 1 – male, Yunnan: Gongshan, Heiwadi, 07.VI 2009 (dorsad at left, ventrad at right); 2 – male, Guizhou, Yanhe, Mayanghe, 28.IX 2007 (dorsad at left, ventrad at right); 3 – tegumen and uncus, dorsal view; 4 – tegumen, uncus, gnathos and saccus, lateral view; 5 – right valva, inner side; 6 – aedeagus, dorsal view.