Description of a new Barsine Walker, 1854 from India and Nepal (Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae, Lithosiini)

By

Volynkin, Anton
Singh, Navneet
Kirti, Jagbir Singh
Datta, HARVINDER

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

941

Pages

107--120

Subjects

Asia , B. thomasi Kaleka , B. valvalis Kaleka , Barsine kirata , new species , new synonymy , red and yellow forms

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.941.51344

 

Abstract

A new species, B. kirata Volynkin & N. Singh, sp. nov., similar to B. germana, is described from India and Nepal. The existence of two colour forms in some species of the genus Barsine Walker, 1854 is revealed. A new synonymy is established for Barsine germana (Rothschild, 1913), which includes two forms that were described as three different species: Barsine germana (Rothschild, 1913) (the yellow form) = B. valvalis Kaleka, 2003, syn. nov., and B. thomasi Kaleka, 2003, syn. nov. (the red-spotted forms).