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EXTENSION OF THE KNOWN DISTRIBUTION OF THE COMMON GEM BUTTERFLY PORITIA HEWITSONI (: LYCAENIDAE) TO BASTAR, CHHATTISGARH by Anupam Sisodia & Ravi Naidu 105 FIRST RECORD OF LAUGHING DOVE (SPILOPELIA SENEGALENSIS LINNAEUS, 1766) (COLUMBIFORMES) IN SIKKIM, EASTERN HIMALAYA by Prem K. Chhetri, Thinlay Namgyal Lepcha, Bijoy Chhetri & Kusal Gurung 106 CONFIRMATION OF PALE GREEN AWLET BURARA GOMATA (LEPIDOPTERA: HESPERIIDAE) FROM EASTERN NEPAL by Sanjaya Raj Tamang, John Lhomi Nuppa, Pratik Pandeya, Shristee Panthee & Bandana Subedi 109 ADDITIONS TO THE AVIFAUNA OF ATHGARH FOREST DIVISION, CUTTACK, ODISHA, EASTERN INDIA by Arajush Payra, Suraj Kumar Dash, Himanshu Shekhar Palei & Arun Kumar Mishra 112 BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: PAPILIONOIDEA) OF CHHATTISGARH, INDIA by Anupam Sisodia 116 FIRST REPORT OF PHACOPTERON LENTIGINOSUM BUCKTON, 1896 (INSECTA: PSYLLOIDEA: PHACOPTERONIDAE) FROM ODISHA, INDIA by Ashirwad Tripathy 142 RECORD OF MYCALESIS ADAMSONI (WATSON, 1897) (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) FROM POKHARA AND GODAVARI, NEPAL Shristee Panthee, Mahendra Singh Limbu, Bandana Subedi, Sanjaya Raj Tamang & Amrit Poudel 145 BUTTERFLIES FEEDING ON HUMAN BLOOD: FIRST OBSERVATION FROM INDIAN REGION by Arajush Payra, Gaurab Nandi Das, Monsoon Jyoti Gogoi & Bitupan Boruah 146 FIRST REPORT OF THE GENUS CALLEREBIA BUTLER, 1867 (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE: SATYRINAE) FROM MIZORAM, INDIA by Lallawmsanga & Lalsiampuii Tocchawng 150 NOTES ON TAXA OF THE SALASSA LEMAII GROUP (LEPIDOPTERA: ) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM MIZORAM, INDIA by Stefan Naumann & Esther Lalhmingliani 152 ROSALATA NAUMANN & NASSIG (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE) IN UTTARAKHAND: AN ADDITION TO THE INDIAN FAUNA by Shristee Panthee & Peter Smetacek 159 TWO NEW SPECIES OF LOEPA MOORE (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE) FROM THE INDIAN SUBCONTINENT by Stefan Naumann & Peter Smetacek 161 BRAHMEA HEARSEYI WHITE, 1862 (LEPIDOPTERA: BRAHMAEIDAE) IN ODISHA, INDIA Sandeep Mishra & Peter Smetacek 171

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Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES NOTES ON TAXA OF THE SALASSA LEMAII GROUP (LEPIDOPTERA: SATURNIIDAE) WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES FROM MIZORAM, INDIA STEFAN NAUMANN1 & ESTHER LALHMINGLIANI2 1Research Associate at Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Hochkirchstrasse 11, 10829 Berlin, Germany. [email protected] 2Systematics and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl 796004, Mizoram, India.

Keywords: Mizoram, Saturniidae, Salassa, new species. Abstract Research Centre, Bhimtal, Uttarakhand and A new species of the genus Salassa Moore, the Department of Zoology, Mizoram 1859 (Lepidoptera, Saturniidae, ) is University (Central), Aizawl. Due to overall described from Mizoram in north-eastern differences in morphology and DNA India: Salassa mizorama, n. sp. It is compared barcoding results, it was decided to make a with its closest relatives in the genus, the name for it available to science. species around Salassa lemaii Le Moult, 1933. Salassa mizorama, n. sp. So far, the new species is known only from Holotype (Fig. 1, dorsal view; Fig. 2: ventral males; females and preimaginal instars remain view): Male, India, Mizoram, Aizawl District, unknown. An overview about the group is Hmuifang, 23°27’01’’N 92°45’26’’E, 1472 given, and one recently described subspecies, m, 3.xi.2019, 1.00h IST, leg. P. Smetacek, in Salassa lemaii chiangmaiensis Brechlin & the collection of Butterfly Research Centre, Meister, 2009 is synonymized with its Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, bearing a red holotype nominotypical species. Some shorter general label. notes on the genus Salassa are given, to clarify Paratypes: 18 males, same locality as some taxonomic problems. Salassa kitchingi holotype, all collected between 30.x. – Brechlin, 2010, is found to be a synonym of 4.xi.2019, 1 male with genitalia no. 2618/19 the long-known sub-Himalayan species Naumann, barcode SNB-RR 0263, leg. P. Westwood, 1847 whose type Smetacek, in Butterfly Research Centre, locality was wrongly interpreted. Bhimtal, Uttarakhand; 7 males, same locality Introduction as holotype, all collected between 1.xi. – The first specimen of a species of the Salassa 4.xi.2019, leg. Lalnghahpuii, MZUEC lemaii-group was collected in November 2011 20190001 – MZUEC 20190007, in collections by Lalawmpuia, then a research assistant at of Entomological Collections, Systematics Mizoram University, Aizawl, Mizoram, India and Toxicology Laboratory, Department of at Electric Veng, Aizawl. This specimen was Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, in the collection of the Mizoram University, Mizoram; 1 male, India, Mizoram, Aizawl Aizawl, but has since been misplaced. In the District, Hmuifang, 23°27’04.07’’N same month and year, another specimen was 92°45’19.41’’E, 7.xi.2011, barcode collected in Hmuifang, Aizawl district, KJ624750, leg. E. Lalhmingliani, MZUEC Mizoram, by the junior author. In late October 20110001, in collections of Entomological and early November 2019, 26 further Collections, Systematics and Toxicology specimens were obtained from Hmuifang and Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Mizoram deposited in the collection of the Butterfly University, Aizawl, Mizoram (figured in

152 Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES Lalhmingliani 2015: 50, fig. 5E, as S. lemaii). merges into a prominent black semi-circular Blue paratype labels will be added. mark encircling the upper half of the discal Etymology: The species is named for ocellus. Postmedian area again in ground Mizoram, India, the only known state where colour, with a pair of fuscous, irregular zigzag this moth is found. Mizo is the name of the lines, the outer one widening towards the native inhabitants and Ram means land, so apex. Mizoram means Land of the Mizos. On ventral side thorax and abdomen covered Description with long, dark brown hair, the last abdominal Male: Length of forewing, measured from segment grey. Fore legs on dorsal side brown, base to apex, 93 – 107 mm (holotype 97 mm). on ventral side light grey, the two other pairs Head, thorax, abdomen and wings with ground of legs completely light grey. Wing undersides colour olive suffused with fuscous scales, the greyish brown, forewing discal ocellus with complete body covered with hair-like scales; only a narrow black and bluish-white ring on the tegulae clothed with long, white and olive basal side while the hindwing ocellus has a hair-like scales. Base of antennae whitish, complete black and bluish-white ring defining antennae quadripectinate, last five segments it. Postmedian band of fenestrae outwardly bipectinate, 19 – 21 mm in length, 43 suffused with greenish scales, beyond which segments, longest rami 1.7 mm. the groundcolour is suffused with whitish Forewing elongate, with apex somewhat scales. Submarginal and marginal areas dark produced and rounded tornus. A narrow white brown with patches of orange scales between subbasal line, originating on the costa and the veins. ending at the base of the forewing termen, Distinctive characters: The combination of where it coincides with a white band across the characters (size and form of discal ocelli, thorax; an ovoid, greenish-hyaline discal orange area around the hindwing ocellus ocellus of 9 – 12 mm (holotype 10 mm) which extends to the postmedian line, the maximum diameter, with an inner black, number of fenestrae in the postmedian line, the middle bluish-white and outer brown ring. wide distance between the postmedian and Postmedial fuscous band straight, with costal marginal lines on the forewing, the prominent part whitish and 6 small hyaline fenestrae black mark on the upper part of the hindwing between the veins. Postmedian area less postmedian line, and a single prominent suffused with fuscous scales, the subapical marginal band on the hindwing [all other and apical areas suffused with whitish scales; species have two prominent bands]) make S. this area is at least 10 mm between the mizorama easy to separate from other known postmedial band the submarginal fuscous species in the group. zigzag band beyond which is an orange Male genitalia: Uncus with a dorsal marginal area. Cilia orange and fuscous. “hyperuncus”, the uncus itself bent in ventral Hindwing with a greenish-hyaline, discal, direction and ending with a 1 mm broad edge. almost round ocellus, of 8 – 10 mm maximum Transtilla with two lateral round diameter (holotype 9 mm), defined by an inner protuberances. Dorsal process of the valvae black, middle bluish-white and outer brown with double tips, the dorsal one rounded, the ring, and surrounded by a vivid orange ring ventral one more acute; the ventral process of which is narrower towards the base of the the valvae with two acute tips. Saccus broad wing; some orange suffusion between the and rounded, juxta with two lateral, short and orange ring and the postmedial fuscous line, acute processes. Phallus 5.5 mm long, vesica which originates on the termen, with six emerging to dorsal side with one rounded bulb hyaline fenestrae between the veins. In the of around 1 mm diameter. upper half of the wing, the postmedial line 153 Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES The male genitalia of the nearest relative, S. secondly, to the lack of primary forests in the lemaii are similar in their general structure, but intervening area; future surveys in Northern differ from those of S. mizorama by a more Laos should most probably result in the acute tip of the uncus, smaller and more blunt discovery of connecting populations. dorsal and ventral processes of the valves, the In a series of specimens comprising 3 males ventral one without indention between the two and 3 females from northern Vietnam and 10 processes, a more rounded saccus, and a juxta males and 1 female from northern Thailand in with lateral lobe-like processes in addition to Collection Naumann, no stable differences a central knob-like protuberance. Phallus could be found between the different shape and size in general are similar. populations. Thai specimens examined were So far the species is known only from adult from Doi Inthanon and Doi Pha Hom Pok, males; females and preimaginal stages are Chiang Mai Province, at around 2000 m unknown. All males were collected within a altitude, on the Myanmar border, a so far relatively short time period between 23.55 and unknown locality for the species: the 1.20 hrs Indian Standard Time, after this time differences between Vietnamese and Thai no specimens approached the light traps. populations mentioned in Brechlin & Meister The type locality is dominated by Rapanea (2009) for the form of the forewing apex capitellata, Eurya sp., Quercus spp., (caveat: The female holotype of S. lemaii Elaeocarpus rugosus, Nyssa javanica, lemaii has repaired and partly trimmed Macropanax sp., Schima wallichii and Ardisia forewings), the curves of the white forewing macrocarpa. In addition, there are grassy basal line and the number and size of hyaline ridges and hillsides above the forested valleys patches along the postmedial line (in females and ravines. According to Champion & Seth in Collection Naumann, only seven hyaline (1968) the area falls under their Montane patches in both populations) are not visible, Subtropical Forest category. and even the size of specimens seems not to be Taxonomic notes on other members of the significant as the smallest male from Thailand S. lemaii group has a forewing length of only 91 mm and With the description of S. mizorama, the therefore is smaller than all known male number of species in the S. lemaii group is specimens from the type locality in Northern raised to four. All species are active in the cold Vietnam. The only difference between both season around late October to early December populations seems to be the size of the discal and inhabit areas with pristine primary forests ocellus, which is slightly larger in male and at medium to high elevation between 950 m to female specimens from Thailand. No almost 2000 m. differences in male genitalia between both S. lemaii lemaii Le Moult, 1933 populations could be observed (genitalia no. S. lemaii chiangmaiensis Brechlin & Meister, 2425/15 from N. Vietnam, no. 1389/06 from 2009 syn. nov.: Thailand). These morphological observations S. lemaii chiangmaiensis was described from concur with the results of systematic what appeared to be an isolated population of barcoding where both populations show no S. lemaii in northern Thailand, whose differences. Based on the above points, S. nominotypical form is known from northern lemaii chiangmaiensis Brechlin & Meister, Vietnam. Gaps in the known distribution of S. 2009, syn. nov., is herewith synonymised with lemaii lemaii whose type locality is Northern its nominotypical taxon. Vietnam and S. lemaii chiangmaiensis from Perhaps the type series of S. l. chiangmaiensis Northern Thailand, as mentioned by Zhang & was too small to distinguish any stable specific Kohll (2008), are probably due mainly to the or subspecific characters; interestingly, the lack of surveys during the cold season and third female mentioned from the Natural 154 Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES History Museum, London in the original N.E. India but even in Tibet and Myanmar. description is, in fact, a male, so the few This matter was mentioned in an earlier paper measurements for females also contain data on Saturnia zuleika Hope, 1843 (Naumann & for a male. Nässig, 2010) which we cite here: S. siriae Brechlin & van Schayck, 2015 “A similar case of an implausible type locality Specimens of this taxon were only known is that of Salassa lola (Westwood, 1847). from the type locality in Da Nang province in Westwood (1847–48: 25) also indicates Central Vietnam. Meanwhile, specimens have “Sylhet”, which was then repeated by been recorded from Quang Ngai Province in Hampson (1893: 27) and, possibly as a result Central Vietnam and Lam Dong Province in of this secondary source (because this looked Southern Vietnam (specimens in Collection like some kind of a “verification” of the Naumann), therefore locality data), was then translated into the this taxon has a wider distribution than known present-day locality “Bangladesh” in a before. modern publication (Witt & Pugaev 2007: 3– Checklist of the group around Salassa 4, in their lectotype designation for S. lola). S. lemaii: lola is another typically Himalayan mountain Salassa lemaii Le Moult, 1933; Locus typicus: species (and not even known to occur in the Vietnam (N), Tam Dao; BIN Code on BOLD: Khasi and Naga Hills at all!), living on AAC8986. average at even higher elevations than S. lemaii chiangmaiensis Brechlin & Meister, Saturnia zuleika s.l., and thus surely also does 2009, syn. nov.; Locus typicus: Thailand (N), not inhabit lowlands, as has already been Chiangmai Prov., Doi Inthanon N.P. noted by Naumann et al. (2010: 116–117) — Salassa shuyiae Zhang & Kohll, 2009; Locus this is most likely another drastic case of an typicus: P.R. China, Hainan Island, Ledong erroneous type locality in Saturniidae.” Co.; BIN Code on BOLD: ABY9933. Judging from the formerly used type localities Salassa siriae Brechlin & van Schayck, 2015; of other British authors (e. g. Hope 1843, Locus typicus: Vietnam (C/E), Da Nang Prov., Westwood 1847, Moore 1872) in combination Ba Na Mts.; BIN Code on BOLD: ACI5793. with knowledge of the distribution of Salassa mizorama Naumann & Lalhmingliani, specimens similar with the lectotype of S. lola n. sp.; Locus typicus: India, Mizoram, we believe that the real type locality of that Hmuifang; BIN Code on BOLD: ACQ7929. species should be somewhere in Darjeeling Salassa lola Westwood, 1847 were the British in colonial times owned tea Salassa kitchingi Brechlin, 2010 syn. nov. plantations and houses to stay during summer. S. kitchingi Brechlin, 2010, described from With all this, we believe that S. kitchingi Nepal, fits in all details with typical specimens Brechlin, 2010, syn. nov., is the same species of S. lola Westwood, 1847. Although the latter as S. lola, described already about 160 years was mentioned by Westwood (1847: 25) to earlier. originate from Sylhet, it appears that this is an Acknowledgement impossible provenance of that taxon; the We are most grateful to Peter Smetacek highest elevation in Sylhet District in north- (Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal, eastern Bangladesh is less than 100 m above Uttarakhand, India), B. Lalnghahpuii, sea level, an altitude at which no Salassa Lalruatthara, C. Lalrinchhana and Samuel species has ever subsequently been recorded. Lalronunga of the Department of Zoology, Entomological specimens sent to Europe in Mizoram University, Aizawl, India) who the mid-19th to early 20th century by British participated in collecting the type series. The collectors based in India mainly originated authors are grateful to Prof. G.S. Solanki, from local people who collected not only in Head, Department of Zoology, Mizoram 155 Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES University for his support; Chief Wildlife Lalhmingliani, E. 2015. Biodiversity and Warden, Environment, Forest and Climate molecular phylogeny of wild silk in Change Department, Government of Mizoram based in 16S rRNA and CO1 gene Mizoram, India for issuing research and markers. Unpublished thesis. Department of collection permit (A.33011/5/2011- Zoology, Mizoram University, Aizawl, v + CWLW/Vol.-II/2); Varneiha Varte (Aizawl, 160 pp. Mizoram, India) very generously permitted Le Moult, E. 1933. Formes nouvelles ou peu collecting at his property in Hmuifang. Thanks connues de Saturnidae [sic] (Lép.) (1re note). to Tomas Melichar (Pribram, Czech Republic) Novitates Entomologicae 3 (1-4): 20 – 23, pls. and Lallawmsanga (Aizawl, Mizoram, India) 1 – 3. for organizing equipment and logistics. Swen Loeffler (Lichtenstein, Germany) kindly Moore, F. 1872. 5. 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Fig.1: Salassa mizorama n. sp., male Fig.2: Salassa mizorama n. sp., male holotype, recto. holotype, same specimen, verso 1870 1870

Fig.3: Male paratype recto Fig.4: Male paratype verso

Fig.5: male genitalia of S. mizorama Fig.6: S. mizorama male aeadeagus, n. sp. paratype, genitalia no. 2618/19 of same specimen. Naumann (scale bar 10 mm). 157 Vol. 21 (4), December, 2019 BIONOTES

Fig.7: male genitalia of S. lemaii, Fig.8: Habitat of S. mizorama n. sp. in genitalia no. 1389/06 Naumann (scale bar Hmuifang, Mizoram, xi.2019. 10 mm).

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