Paratalanta taiwanensis sasakii Inoue, 1982

(Figs. 11, 19)

Paratalanta taiwanensis sasakii Inoue, 1982: 362 . Type locality: Mt. Mitake-san.

Material examined. CHINA: 1 ♂, Mt. Yangga, Wen County (32.93ºN, 104.68ºE), Gansu Province, 2000 m, 5.vii.2001, leg. Houhun Li & Xinpu Wang, gen. slide no. CYP 12047.

Diagnosis. Adult (Fig. 11) with wingspan 37.0 mm. The orbicular and reniform stigmata, the postmedial line and the subterminal band are well-developed in P. taiwanensis sasakii as in P. ussurialis, but P. taiwanensis sasakii can be recognized by the male having a subtrapezoidal reniform stigma, which is somewhat rectangular in the latter species; the male genitalia are characterised by having a short and curved sella, a juxta that is concave shallowly on the posterior margin, and a phallus with L-shaped cornutus (Fig. 19); in P. ussurialis, the sella is straight, the juxta is concave deeply in a broad V shape on the posterior margin, and the phallus bears a C-shaped cornutus.

Distribution. China (Gansu, Hubei, Sichun, Yunnan), Japan, Russia (Far East).

Ecology. Caught in mountains at 2000 m. Flight period in early July.