Rhotana, Walker. A, 1857

Zelazny, B. & Webb, M. D., 2011, 3071, Zootaxa 3071, pp. 1-307 : 107

Key to the species of Rhotana from Sri Lanka

1. Hindwings with one or several black marks which may be small................................................ 3

- Hindwings without black marks.......................................................................... 2

2. Anterior apical veins of forewings stramineous, few small sections red, dark-brown spots near 2nd and last subcostal sectors ( Fig. 251f)............................................................... R. stali . sp. nov. (ungrouped), p. 104

- Anterior apical veins of forewings brown, tinted with red, no dark brown spots near 2nd and last subcostal sectors ( Fig. 254f)...................................................................... R. vitriceps (Stål) (ungrouped), p. 105

3. Two large black marks on hindwings, enclosing a round, white mark ( Fig. 209g)................................................................................................. R. trimaculata Distant ( R. latipennis group), p. 78

- Hindwing marks small, not enclosing a round, white mark..................................................... 4

4. Hindwings with one very small and one larger black mark, end of apical lobes of male aedeagus rounded in side view ( Fig. 202g)....................................................... R. fuscofasciata Distant ( R. latipennis group), p. 73

- Hindwings with a very small black mark, end of apical lobes of male aedeagus pointed in side view ( Fig. 240g)................................................................................. R. albata Melichar (ungrouped), p. 97