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Nordstroemia vira (Moore) comb. n. 

 (PI. 3, fig. 322 ; PI. 5, figs. 333-335 ; Text-fig. 126) 



Drepana vira Moore, [1866] : 817. 



Drepana vira Moore ; Strand, 191 1 : 201. 



Drepana vira Moore ; Gaede, 1931 : 28. 



Albara vira (Moore) Warren, 1922 : 470. [Good fig.] 



Albara vira (Moore) ; Gaede, 1931 : 28. 



Albara erpina Swinhoe, 1894 : 433. [Synonymized by Hampson, 1896 : 476.] 



Albara gracilli ma Warren, 1897 : 12. syn. n. 



Albara gracillima Warren ; Gaede, 1931 : 31. 



Drepana ocellata Oberthur, 1916 : 375. syn. n. 



Drepana ocellata Oberthur, 191 7 : pi. 428. [Good fig.] 



Albara ocellata (Oberthiir) Gaede, 1933 : 169. 



Albara mimetica Warren, 1922 : 470. [Good fig.], syn. n. 



Nordstroemia arnabilis Bryk, 1943 : 13. [Good fig.], syn. n. 



Nordstroemia mimetica pallidina Bryk, 1943 : 14. [Good fig.], syn. n. 



The continuous pale subterminal fascia on both wings and the fact that veins R\ 

 and R2 both arise from the areole in the fore wing distinguish vira from every other 

 species of Nordstroemia. Similarly diagnostic are the long eversible sacs, placed 

 one on either side of the eighth abdominal sternite in the male genitalia. Close 

 affinities between vira and bicostata are suggested by the presence of whitish cell- 

 spots on the surface of the fore wing, and by the similarities in the shape of the 

 uncus and seventh abdominal sternite in the male genitalia. 



Distribution. N.E. Burma, N. India, Sikkim and China (Szechwan, Fukien). 



Material examined. Types, vira. The female type material of this species 

 (' Darjeeling Coll. A. E. Russell ') has not been traced ; Horn and Kahle (1937 : 380) 

 state that the Russell collection is lost. I therefore select as NEOTYPE a ^ 

 specimen in the BM(NH) labelled : Darjeeling ; Moore Coll. 94-106. 



erpina. LECTOTYPE <J, in the BM(NH), here selected, labelled : Kahsia Hs. 

 [Assam, Khasia Hills] 94-66 [Swinhoe collection] ; Drepana erpina Swinhoe $ type. 



gracillima. Holotype c$, Khasis, Mar. 1895, Nat. Coll. ; Rothschild Bequest 

 B. M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 751. In the BM(NH). 



ocellata. Holotype $, Siao-Lou [China, Szechwan], 1903, Chasseurs indigenes du 

 P. Dejean ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 753. In the BM(NH). 



mimetica. LECTOTYPE <$, in the BM(NH), here selected, labelled : Khasis, 

 Nat. Coll. ; Albara mimetica Type ^ Warr. [in Warren's handwriting] ; Rothschild 

 Bequest B. M. 1939-1 ; Drepanidae genitalia slide No. 715. 



arnabilis. Holotype c?> N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 7000 ft., 10-21. iv. ; Drepanidae 

 genitalia slide No. 714. In the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. 



pallidina. Holotype <$, N.E. Burma, Kambaiti, 2000 m., 9-17. vi. ; Drepanidae 

 genitalia slide No. 713. In the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet, Stockholm. 



Other material. BM(NH). India : 3 <£, 1 $, Darjeeling, 7000 ft., 25-31. iii. 

 1924 ; 1 $, Naini-Tal, 6600 ft., 20.viii.1934 ; 6 <$, 1 $. Khasis ; 1 <£, Assam, Jainta 

 Hills. Sikkim : 1^,1$, 1887 {M oiler). China : 3 <J, 1 $, Fukien, Kuatun, 

 2300 m., 27 40' N, 117 40' E, 3.iv.-28.v.i938 (Klapperich) ; 1 <J, [Szechwan] 



