Taxon classification Animalia Lepidoptera Drepanidae

Mimozethes lilacinaria (Leech, 1897) Figs 22, 23, 36, 47, 57

Decetia lilacinaria Leech, 1897: 184. Holotype ♂, China: Sichuan: Emeishan (BMNH).

Heteromize lycoraearia Oberthür, 1912: 269. Holotype ♂, China: Sichuan: Mou-pin (BMNH).

Mimozethes lilacinaria: Beccaloni et al. 2003 [accessed 26 November 2015].

Diagnosis.

See under Mimozethes angula .

Type material examined.

CHINA: Sichuan (BMNH): 1♂ (Holotype), Omei-Shan, 3620 ft., Native coll. July & Aug. 1890, Leech Coll. 1900-64, BMNH (E) 1377104.

Additional material examined.

CHINA: Sichuan (BMNH): 1♂, Chasseurs indigènes, de Tà-tsien-lou, Récolle de 1910, Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3, Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 304; 1♀, Siao-Lou, 1900, Chasseurs indigènes, Ex Oberthür Coll. Brit. Mus. 1927-3. Yunnan (IZCAS): 1♀, Xishuangbanna, Menghai, 21.VII.1958, coll. Wang Shuyong.

Genetic data.

No genetic data available.

Remarks.

Chu and Wang (1991) did not record this species. The specimens from Yunnan should be identified as Mimozethes lilacinaria based on adult morphology.

Distribution.

China (Sichuan, Yunnan).