Chonala, Moore, 1893

Guo, Liang, Huang, Si-Yao, Wang, Min & Ma, Fang-Zhou, 2023, Description of a new subspecies of Chonala laurae Bozano, 1999 from Southeastern China (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), Zootaxa 5325 (4), pp. 593-600 : 599-600

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5325.4.9

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1E98E639-F78B-41D9-BDE9-39F075A4644F

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8253402

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038BC051-FD31-842F-FF51-3A47A690FE16

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Chonala
status

 

Key to species and subspecies of Chonala View in CoL (mainly adapted from Lang & Bozano, 2016 with slight modification)

1 Hindwing upperside with postdiscal ocelli absent............................................................ 2

- Hindwing upperside with postdiscal ocelli more or less present................................................. 7

2 Forewing upperside with discal band evenly curved.......................................................... 3

- Forewing upperside with discal band irregularly sinuous and strongly protruding towards the termen in space 4.......... 5

3 Forewing upperside with discal band very broad and continuous................................................ 4

- Forewing upperside with discal band very narrow and broken by veins................................. C. episcopalis View in CoL

4 Forewing discal band pure white; forewing underside discal area dull brown............................... C. masoni View in CoL

- Forewing discal band orange; forewing underside discal area reddish brown.............................. C. huertasae View in CoL

5 Forewing upperside with discal band continuous............................................................ 6

- Forewing upperside with discal band broken in space 3....................................... C. praeusta praeusta

6 Forewing upperside with discal band narrower and orange.................................... C. praeusta burmana

- Forewing upperside with discal band much broader and creamy yellow................................. C. yunnana View in CoL

7 Hindwing upperside with postdiscal ocelli vestigial; forewing underside with discal band broken and absent in space 3..... 8

- Hindwing upperside with postdiscal ocelli developed; forewing underside with discal band continuous and present in space 3.............................................................................................. C. irene View in CoL

8 On both sides of forewing, subapical spot in space 4 white in color and distinctly separated from the postdiscal band; hindwing underside with subbasal line continuously extending from the anterior edge to the posterior edge............... C. miyatai View in CoL

- On both sides of forewing, subapical spot in space 4 orange in color and fused with the postdiscal band as a whole; hindwing underside with subbasal line suddenly shifting towards the termen in space 1b..................................... 9

9 On underside of forewing the rectangular patch in space 2 is well separated from the basal diffused patch.............. 10

- On underside of forewing the rectangular patch in space 2 has its inner half nearly fused with the large diffused patch.................................................................................................... C. houae View in CoL

10 On forewing upperside the costal spot is less developed, the patch in space 2 is diffused and blur.......... C. laurae laurae

- On forewing upperside the costal spot is well developed and more prominent, the patch in space 2 is more sharply defined and larger.......................................................................... C. laurae wuyishana ssp. n.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

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