Oreta pavaca subsp. sinensis Watson 1967
Creators: name: Song, Wenhui
name: Xue, Dayong
name: Han, Hongxiang
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2012
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Drepanidae
Oreta
Oreta pavaca
Oreta pavaca sinensis watson, 1967

description: Oreta pavaca sinensis Watson, 1967
Figs. 32–34, 80–83, 117, 171
Oreta pavaca sinensis Watson, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.), 19: 184, figs 51–54, pl.3: 101. Holotype 3, China: Fukien, Kuatun (ZFMK).
Oreta zigzaga Chu & Wang sensu Chu & Wang, 1987, Acta Ent. Sin., 30 (3): 296. (part)
Oreta asignis Chu & Wang sensu Chu & Wang, 1987, Acta. Ent. Sin., 30 (3): 297. (part)
Oreta fusca Chu & Wang, 1987, Acta Ent. Sin., 30 (3): 298, fig 9, pl.1: 19. Holotype 3, China: Sichuan, Mt. Emei (IZCAS), syn. nov.
Oreta unichroma Chu & Wang, 1987, Acta Ent. Sin., 30 (3): 299, fig 11, pl.1: 22. Holotype 3, China: Fujian, Chong’an (IZCAS), syn. nov.
Oreta unilinea Warren sensu Chu & Wang, 1987, Acta Ent. Sin., 30 (3): 299, pl.1: 23.
Oreta lushansis Fang, 2003, Butterfly and Moth Fauna of Lushan: 210, fig. 179. Holotype 3, China: Jiangxi, Lushan (Lushan Botany Garden), syn. nov.
Material examined. CHINA, Fujian (ZFMK): Fukien, Kuatun, 2300 m, 18.V.1946, coll. Klapperich, 13 (Holotype). Zhejiang (IZCAS): Tienmu-Shan, 26.VII.1936, coll. O. Piel, 1Ƥ; Tianmushan, 24.VI.1957, coll. Su Jiyao, 13; Tianmu, Sanmuping, 30.VII.1998, coll. Wang Zhengjia, 13; West Tianmushan, 17.X.1980, coll. Cai Rongquan, 2Ƥ; Lin’an, West Tianmushan, 1500 m, 28–29.VII.2003, coll. Han Hongxiang, 231Ƥ; Qingyuan, Baishanzu, 1470 m, 11.VIII.2003, coll. Han Hongxiang 13. Hubei (IZCAS): Xingshan, Longmenhe, 1350 m, 14.VII.1993, coll. Song Shimei, 13; same locality, 1300 m, 8–9.IX.1994, coll. Song Shimei, 23; Hefeng, 1240 m, 28.VII.1989, coll. Li Wei, 13. Jiangxi (IZCAS): Ku-ling, VII.1935, 13. Hunan (IZCAS): Zhangjiajie, 12.X.1988, 1Ƥ. Fujian (IZCAS): Chong’an, Tongmu, 14.VIII.1979, coll. Wang Linyao, 1Ƥ (Paratype of O. fusca); same locality, 21.VIII.1979, coll. Wang Linyao, 13; Chong’an, 24.IV.1983, coll. Wang Linyao, 1Ƥ; Chong’an, Xingcun, Sangang, 740 m, 14.VII.1960, coll. Zhang Yinran, 13 (Holotype of O. unichroma); same locality, 740 m, 27.VII.1979, coll. Song Shimei, 13; Chong’an, Guadun, 27.VIII.1979, coll. Wang Linyao, 13; Sangang, 3.VI.1983, coll. Wang Linyao, 13 (Paratype of O. asignis); Mt. Wuyi, 20–22.IV.1982, 19.IV–12.V.1983, coll. Wang Linyao, 73; Mt. Wuyi, Sangang, 1–6.VI.1983, coll. Zhang Baolin and Wang Linyao, 23; same locality 700 m, 9–26.VII.2006, coll. Xue Dayong et al., 33; same locality, 704 m, 11–14.VIII.2009, coll. Xue Dayong, 13. Jianyang, Huangkeng, Aotou, 950 m, 1.V.1960, coll. Zuo Yong, 13 (Paratype of O. unichroma); Guangdong (IZCAS): Canton, Lao-tien, VII.1931, 13 (Paratype of O. unichroma); Canton, Lao-tien, VII.1935, 1 Ƥ; Ruyuan, Nanling, 1020 m, 16–20.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 13. Guangxi (IZCAS): Jinxiu, Shengtangshan, 1900 m, 17.V.1999, coll. Zhang Yanzhou, 13. Sichuan (IZCAS): Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 14.VI.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing, 1Ƥ (Allotype of O. zigzaga); same locality, 800–1000 m, 16.VI.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing, 13 (Paratype of O. zigzaga); Qingchengshan, 1000 m, 21.V.1979, coll. Gao Ping, 13 (Paratype of O. zigzaga); Mt. Emei, 6.VIII.1977, 13 (Holotype of O. fusca); Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 18.IV–18.IX.1957, coll. Huang Keren and Zhu Fuxing, 173; Mt. Emei, Baoguosi, 550–750 m, 18.VII.1957, coll. Huang Keren, 13; Mt. Emei, 12.VI.1974, coll. Wang Ziqing, 13; same locality, 15.VIII.1977, 13. Chongqing (IZCAS): Wanxian, Wang’erbao, 1200 m, 27.V.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu, 13. Guizhou (IZCAS): Dayong, Zhushitou, 18.VIII.1988, coll. Chen Yixin, 23.
Diagnosis. See under the nominate subspecies.
Distribution. China (Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou).
Remarks. Chu & Wang (1987) described three species O. fusca, O. unichroma and O. zigzaga. The types of the former two species and some paratypes of the third species are almost identical to O. pavaca sinensis, with only small differences in the length of the forked processes of the sacculus, which can be regarded as variation within the subspecies. Since the type localities of O. fusca and O. unichroma are in the distribution area of O. pavaca sinensis, we refer them to O. pavaca sinensis. O. unilinea in Chu & Wang (1987, 1991), from Mt. Emei and Fujian, is a misidentification of O. pavaca sinensis. One paratype of O. asignis (from Sangang, Fujian) has also proved to be this subspecies.
description: Published as part of Song, Wenhui, Xue, Dayong & Han, Hongxiang, 2012, Revision of Chinese Oretinae (Lepidoptera, Drepanidae), pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 3445 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212981