Tridrepana arikana emina Chu & Wang, 1988

Song, Wenhui, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2011, A taxonomic revision of Tridrepana Swinhoe, 1895 in China, with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), Zootaxa 3021, pp. 39-62 : 44

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scientific name	Tridrepana arikana emina Chu & Wang, 1988
status	stat. nov.

Treatment

Tridrepana arikana emina Chu & Wang, 1988 View in CoL stat. nov.

Figs 7–8, 61, 85

Tridrepana emina Chu & Wang, 1988 View in CoL , Acta Entom. Sinica, 31 (2): 205, fig. 3, pl.1: 6. Holotype ♂, China: Hainan. (IZCAS)

Diagnosis. T. arikana emina is similar to the other two subspecies on wing pattern. It differs from the nominate subspecies and T. arikana falcipennis by the slenderer and slightly longer saccus in the male genitalia.

Material examined. CHINA, Hainan: Jianfeng , 20.III.1980, coll. Zhang Baolin, 1♂ (Holotype) ; Wuzhishan, Shuiman , 730–900 m, 8–9. V.2007, coll. Han Hongxiang, 2♂ ; Wuzhishan, Shuiman , 732 m, 8–9.XII.2007, coll. Li Jing, 1♂ ; Qiongzhong, Limushan , 656 m, 30.XI.2007, coll. Li Jing, 1♂ ; Bawangling, Dong’er Linchang , 1015 m, 8–10. V.2007, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 1♂ ; Bawangling, Dong’er Linchang , 1015 m, 19–21.XII.2007, coll. Li Jing, 2♂ ; Bawangling, Dongliu Linchang , 630–750 m, 20.XII.2007, coll. Li Jing, 1♂ ; Lingshui, Diaoluoshan , 920 m, 29.III.2008, coll. Lang Songyun, 2♂ ; Ledong, Jianfengling , 934 m, 14–17.XII.2007, coll. Li Jing, 3♂ ; Ledong, Jianfengling , 982 m, 23–26.XI.2008, coll. Li Jing, 12♂ ( IZCAS) .

Distribution. China (Hainan).

Remarks. The type materials of T. emina include three specimens (2♂ 1♀). After reexamining them we found that the allotype (♀) and paratype (1♂) belong to T. fulvata brevis . The distribution record of T. emina from Fujian, which related to these specimens, should therefore be cancelled. After comparing the holotype of T. emina , the lectotype of T. arikana falcipennis , and material of T. arikana arikana , we found there is just a little difference on both the wing pattern and male genitalic features between them. The differences are not adequate to support specific status for T. emina . So we sink it to be a subspecies of T. arikana .