Baoris penicillata chapmani Evans, 1937

Cao, Chenglong, Huang, Siyao, Xu, Yongqiang, Wu, Haomin, Chen, Tianpeng, Wang, Min, Da, Wa & Fan, Xiaoling, 2019, New records and their associated DNA barcodes of the butterfly family Hesperiidae in Tibet, China, Zootaxa 4674 (4), pp. 426-438 : 436

Baoris penicillata chapmani Evans, 1937

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Baoris chapmani Evans, 1937: 38 ( Type locality: Thaungyin).

Baoris penicillata chapmani: Evans, 1949: 450 ; Chou, 1994: 726; Yuan et al., 2015.

Material examined. 1 male, altitude 900 m, 6. VII. 2018, Motuo, Xizang Autonomous Region , P. R. China, leg. Chenglong Cao ( SCAU) .

Diagnosis. Forewing upperside without cell spots or with only small lower cell spot, the base of hindwing upperside with a tuft of hair-like scales in male. Male genitalia ( Fig. 5F ): this species can be distinguished from all its congeners by aedeagus spined on the right.

Distribution. China ( Tibet *, Yunnan, Hainan, Guangxi), India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.

Figures

FIGURE 4. Male adults of newly recorded Hesperiidae from Tibet. A, Ochlodes brahma; B, Barca bicolor; C, Aeromachus propinquus; D, Celaenorrhinus consanguineus; E, Pedesta bivitta; F, Baoris penicillata chapmani. A, B, C, right, upperside; left, underside; D, E, F, right, underside, left upperside. Scale bar=1 cm.

FIGURE 5. Male genitalia of newly recorded Hesperiidae from Tibet. A, Ochlodes brahma; B, Barca bicolor; C, Aeromachus propinquus; D, Celaenorrhinus consanguineus; E, Pedesta bivitta; F, Baoris penicillata chapmani. Scale bar=1 mm.