Agalope lucia Oberthür, 1923

Huang, Si-Yao, Zhu, Li-Juan, Chen, En-Yong, Xu, Yong-Qiang, Wang, Min, Fan, Xiao-Ling, Pan, Zhao-Hui & Espeland, Marianne, 2022, Contribution to the knowledge of the genus Agalope Walker from mainland China with descriptions of four new species (Lepidoptera, Zygaenidae, Chalcosiinae), Zootaxa 5165 (4), pp. 557-574 : 569

Agalope lucia Oberthür, 1923

( Figs 21–25 , 51 , 61 )

Agalope lucia Oberthür, 1923: 207 ; Yen et al. 2005: 289.

Type material examined. Syntype of Agalope lucia Oberthür, 1923 : female, printed white label “Tsekou, R. P. Dubernard, 1895”/ printed white label “Ex Oberthür Coll., Brit. Mus. 1927-3”/ handwriting label “agalope lucia Obthr ”/ rounded label with blue ring “ SYNTYPE ” ( NHMUK) . Additional specimens examined: 2 females, 28.VII.2021, Bingzhongluo, Gongshan County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China, Si-yao Huang leg., slide GSAG3 ( CHSY) ; 3 females, 4.VIII.2021, Gongshan County, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China, Si-yao Huang leg. ( CHSY) ; 1 male, 17.VII.2018, Samage, Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China, Shi-fang Mo & Zhi-peng Miu leg., slide AG03 ( SCAU) ; 1 male, 30.VII.2018, Badi, Weixi County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture , Yunnan Province, P. R . China, Hao Huang leg., AG04 ( CHSY) .

Distribution. Known from Northwestern and Western Yunnan ( Fig. 63 ), P. R. China.

Remarks. Agalope lucia was described based on an uncertain number of females collected from Tsekou, Northwestern Yunnan (Now Cigu Village, Deqin County, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan, P. R. China), and subsequently included in the A. pica species-group by Yen et al. (2005). However, after the discovery of the previously unknown male, this enigmatic species turns out to be a close relative of A. dejeani ( Figs 26, 27 , 52 ), distributed in Northwestern Sichuan, due to the presence of small, narrow and smooth posterior tegumenal projection in the male genitalia. Hence A. lucia is excluded from the A. pica species-group and included in the A. bieti species-group. Agalope lucia can be easily distinguished from A. dejeani by the following characters in male (the female of A. dejeani is unknown): 1) forewing base without an additional basal band, while present in A. dejeani ; 2) hindwing more blackish in dorsum and marginal area; 3) distal lobes of juxta broader at the tip; notch between the two lobes narrower and deeper, 4) valvae slightly narrower subapically, the distal saccular process significantly shorter and 5) aedeagus slender.

Figures

FIGURES 21–30. Adults of Agalope spp. 21, Agalope lucia, female, syntype, Tsekou, Yunnan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. Mamoru Owada; 22, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan (CHSY); 23, ditto, female, Gongshan, Yunnan, GSAG3 (CHSY); 24, ditto, male, Badi, Weixi, Yunnan, AG04 (CHSY); 25, ditto, male, Samage, Weixi, Yunnan, AG03 (SCAU); 26, A. dejeani, male, Jinchuan, Sichuan, JCAG2(CHSY); 27, ditto, JCAG1(CHSY); 28, A. bieti, male, HT, Kangding, Sichuan (NHMUK), by courtesy of Dr. K.A. Efetov; 29, A. jianqingi sp. n., male, HT, Pianma, Yunnan (CHSY); 30, A. primularis, male, Nepal, after Owada & Horie (2000). Scale bar for figs 21–27, 29.

FIGURES 51–56. Male genitalia and 8th abdominal segment of Agalope spp. 51, Agalope lucia, slide AG03; 52, A. dejeani, slide JCAG1; 53, A. jianqingi sp. n., HT, slide PMAG1; 54, A. primularis, after Horie (1993); 55, 8th segment of A. jianqingi sp. n., slide PMAG1; 56, 8th tergite of A. primularis, after Horie (1993). Scale bar for figs 51–53, 55.

FIGURES 57–61. Female genitalia of Agalope spp. 57, Agalope haoi sp. n., PT, slide ZSY221; 58, A. wangi, PT, slide NS- MT2167f#, after Owada (1992) with corpus bursae outlined by black; 59, A. owadai sp. n., PT, slide TMAG2; 60, A. aurelia, slide DLJAG1; 61, A. lucia, slide GSAG3. Arrows in figs 57 and 58 indicating the 8th tergite.

FIGURES 62–67. Habitats and living adult of Agalope spp. in P.R. China. 62, Pianma, Lushui, Western Yunnan; 63, Samage, Weixi, Northwestern Yunnan; 64, Gongshan, Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, Western Yunnan; 65, living adult of A. aurelia, resting on leaves, Gongshan; 66, Longgu Village, Chayu, Southeastern Xizang; 67, Taohuagou, Bomi, Southeastern Xizang.