Lemyra (Thyrgorina) kaikarisi Saldaitis, Volynkin & Duda, 2019: 595

Singh, Harsimranjeet, Raha, Angshuman, Kirti, Jagbir Singh & Singh, Navneet, 2024, Taxonomic review of the genus Lemyra Walker (Erebidae: Arctiinae) from India, Zootaxa 5454 (1), pp. 1-69 : 24-25

Lemyra (Thyrgorina) kaikarisi Saldaitis, Volynkin & Duda, 2019: 595

( Figs 61, 62 , 163, 164 )

TL: South from Gongshan, Alt. 2100–2400 m, Nu Jiang valley (Northwest Yunnan, China)

Material Examined: India, Nagaland: [Phek district], Pfutsero , 1 ♂, 18.ix.1994, A.P.S. Kaleka leg. ( NZCZSI; 12537/H10) .

Diagnosis: Forewing Length: ♂ 15 mm. Lemyra (T.) kaikarisi ( Figs 61, 62 ) and L. (T.) nigrifrons ( Figs 59, 60 ) can only be differentiated after a thorough scrutiny of the male genitalia characters discussed under L. (T.) nigrifrons .

Distribution. Indian records: Nagaland (present study). Global records: China ( Saldaitis et al. 2019). Remarks: Herein, we report the species for the first time from India.

Figures

FIGURES 53–62. Habitus of Lemyra spp. 53–54. L. fortiorspina sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and ventral sides (Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 55–56. L. apatani sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and ventral sides (Old Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh, India); 57–58. L. adunca sp. nov., holotype male, dorsal and ventral sides (Rishop, West Bengal, India); 59–60. L. nigrifrons, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Singalila NP, Gairibas, West Bengal, India); 61–62. L. kaikarisi, male, dorsal and ventral sides (Pfutsero, Nagaland, India).

FIGURES 155–166. Genitalia of Lemyra spp. 155–156. L. fortiorspina sp. nov., male: 155, ventral view, 156, Aedeagus; 157–158. L. apatani sp. nov., holotype male: 157, ventral view, 158, Aedeagus. 159–160. L. adunca sp. nov., paratype male: 159, ventral view, 160, Aedeagus; 161–162. L. nigrifrons, male: 161, ventral view, 162, Aedeagus; 163–164. L. kaikarisi, male: 163, ventral view, 164, Aedeagus; 165–166. L. spilosomata, male: 165, ventral view, 166, Aedeagus.