Triphysa nervosa gartoki O.Bang-Haas, 1927

Dubatolov, Vladimir V., Korb, Stanislav K. & Yakovlev, Roman V., 2023, A review of the genus Triphysa Zeller, 1858 (Lepidoptera, Satyridae), Ecologica Montenegrina 61, pp. 88-123 : 117

Triphysa nervosa gartoki O.Bang-Haas, 1927

Figs. 4u–v , 6a , 35 .

Triphysa phryne gartoki O. Bang-Haas, 1927 ; Horae Macrolep. Reg. Pal. 1: 50, t. 7, f. 23.

Type locality: “Thibet occ.: Gartok” [Garyarsa, Tibet, China]. “Steht der Phryne biocellata Stgr. aus Amdo am nöchsten, etwas heller braungrau. Die beiden, schwarzen Ozellen vor dem Vfl Saum sind auf der Oberseite kaum bemerkbar. Die Adern auf allen Flügeln sind weiss angelegt und die der Hfl Zelle treten deutlich hervor; Unterseite der Hfl kleine Augen.”

Lectotype male, designated here, with labels: handwritten on white paper „Triph. phryne | gartoki OBHaas“; printed on white paper „Gartok | Thibet c.“; printed on white paper „ex coll. 1/1 | Bang- Haas“; printed on white paper

„Horae Macrolep. | Vol. I. abgebildet | t. 7 f. 23 | beschrieb. p. 50“; printed on pink paper „Type | O.BangHaas“; printed on red paper „ Lectotype ♂ | Triphysa phryne | gartoki Bang- Haas, 1927 | Horae Macrolep. reg. Pal. 1.: 50 | Dubatolov, Korb, Yakovlev des. 2013”.

Diagnosis. This subspecies differs from all others by its small size (forewing length 15 mm); by wide light border and light pattern along the veins on the wings’ upperside; by poorly visible (small) dark spots on upperside centered by few white scales; and by mottled and very bright (contrasting) underside pattern.

Material examined. 1 male (lectotype) ( MHUB) ; 1 male, 1 female, Tibet ( ZMHU) ; 4 males, 1 female, Gartok Thibet c. ( ZISP) .

Distribution. E. Tibet.

Figures

Figure 4. Triphysa sp., imago: a – T. nervosa mongolaltaica, holotype (ZISP), upperside, b – underside; c – T. nervosa mongolaltaica, paratype, male (RYB), upperside, d – underside; e – T. nervosa mongolaltaica, paratype, female (RYB), upperside, f – underside; g – T. nervosa mongolaltaica, paratype, female (RYB), upperside, h – underside; i – T. nervosa biocellata, lectotype (MHUB), upperside, j – underside; k – T. nervosa biocellata, paralectotype, female (MHUB), upperside, l – underside; m – T. nervosa biocellata (lectotype T. phryne kintschouensis) (MHUB), upperside, n – underside; o – T. nervosa biocellata (paralectotype, female T. phryne kintschouensis) (MHUB), upperside, p – underside; q – T. nervosa biocellata, male, Russia, Buryatia Rep., Gusinoe Ozero vill., steppe rivulet valley, 25.05.2002, leg. Shevnin (RYB), upperside, r – underside; s – T. nervosa biocellata, female, Russia, Buryatia Rep., Gusinoe Ozero vill., steppe rivulet valley, 25.05.2002, leg. Shevnin (RYB), upperside, t – underside; u – T. nervosa gartoki, lectotype (MHUB), upperside, v – underside.

Figure 6. Distribution map of Triphysa species: a (above) – general map; b (below) – northern-eastern part of area of T. nervosa nervosa.

Figure 35. Male genitalia (lateral projection) of Triphysa nervosa gartoki Bang-Haas, 1927, lectotype.