Paraheliosia elegans (Reich 1937), comb. nov.

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[ Asura] elegans Reich, 1937: 121 –122. Type locality: China, Zhejiang, ‘West-Tien-Mu-shan’.

Heliosia elegans: Daniel, 1952: 90, Taf. II, Fig. 40; Fang, 1992: 227; Fang, 2000: 182, Pl. V, Fig. 19.

Type material examined. Holotype: ♂, CHINA: ZHEJIANG: West Tien-Mu-Shan, Prov Chekiang [now—Zhejiang], 3.ix.1932, H. Höne lgt. (ZFMK).

Material examined. CHINA: GUANGDONG: 2 ♂, 1 ♀, Nanling, Shaoguan, 5–6.viii.2005, Y. Kishida lgt. (ISEA).

Description. Forewings dark yellow with two oblique bands: proximal consists of three brownish spots, distal—of three slightly curved streaks; along the outer margin there are three double pairs of spots; an outer space of the proximal band is brownish darkened in hind half. Hindwing entirely yellow.

Male genitalia (Fig. 13): Aedeagus apex with two strong spines: one transversal and one longitudinal.

Remarks. The type species is well separated from other species of the genus by an absence of wide dark pattern on forewings.

Distribution. China: Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Zhejiang (Fang, 2000), Guangdong (new record).