Ahlbergia tricaudata confusa Huang, Chen & Li, new status

(Figs. 15, 45, 81, 97, 113)

Ahlbergia confusa Huang, Chen & Li, 2006: 175, figs. 1, 2, 4 for genitalia, cpl. 4, figs. E–F for habitus.

Material. CHINA: Jiangsu Province: 4♂♂, 5♀♀ (CHH, holotype and paratypes), Nanjing, 28.III.2004 & IV.2006; Fujian Province: 1♂ (CLM, paratype), Fuzhou, no further collecting data; 1♂, 2♀♀ (CZJQ), Nanjing, Baohuashan, 4–5.IV.2012, J.-Q. Zhu leg.. All specimens dissected.

Identification. Specimens examined in this work belong to type material of A. confusa or are topotypic.

Taxonomy. The male and female genitalic characters are in common with those of A. tricaudata from Northeast China as discussed above, thus A. confusa is treated herein as a subspecies of A. tricaudata .

Subspecific characters. Compared with ssp. tricaudata, the dark basal half of hindwing underside in both sexes is less blackish and more reddish, and not edged on the outer side by a clear contiguous white line in spaces 1–5.

Distribution. Jiangsu, Fujian.