Oreta insignis Butler 1877
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 insignis

description: Oreta insignis (Butler, 1877)
Figs. 44–45, 91, 123, 152, 177
Hypsomadius insignis Butler, 1877, Ann. Mag. nat. Hist., (4) 20: 479. Lectotype 3, Japan: Yokohama (BMNH). Hypsomadius insignis v. (? ab.) formosana Strand, 1916, Arch.Naturgesch., (81) A12: 163. Holotype 3(?), China: Formosa [Taiwan], Shisa (DEI).
Oreta insignis: Watson, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent), 19: 196, pl.6: 110–112.
Material examined. CHINA, Hubei (IZCAS): Shennongjia Guanmenshan, 1240 m, 23.VII.1998, coll. Zhou Haisheng, 1Ƥ; Xingshan, Longmenhe, 1280–1350 m, 16–18.VI., 14–20.VII.1993, 9.V.1994, coll. Yao Jian et al., 631Ƥ; Hefeng, Fenshuiling Linchang, 31.VII.1987, coll. Li Wei, 13. Jiangxi (IZCAS): Jinggangshan, 3–5.VII.1975, coll. Zhang Baolin, 3Ƥ; Jiulianshan, 9–20.VI., 28–30.VII.1975, coll. Zhang Baolin and Song Shimei, 834Ƥ; Doushui, 3.VII.1975, coll. Song Shimei, 233Ƥ; Dayu, 15.VII.1975, coll. Song Shimei, 13; same locality, 550 m, 15.VIII.1985, coll. Wang Ziqing, 13. Hunan (IZCAS): Dayong, Zhushitou, 18.VIII.1988, coll. Chen Yixin, 13; Yanling, Taoyuadong, 631 m, 4–8.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 33; Zhangjiajie, Tianjiatai, 12–15.X.1988, coll. Fang Chenglai, 3Ƥ; Sangzhi, Tianpingshan, 15.VIII.1988, coll. Chen Yixin, 1Ƥ; Suoxiyu, Sansuo, 400 m, 11.X.1988, 13. Fujian (IZCAS): Mt. Wuyi, 13.IV., 12–20.IX.1982, 3–11.IV., 21.V.1983, coll. Zhang Baolin and Wang Linyao, 535Ƥ; Mt. Wuyi, Sangang, 24.X.1980, 6.VI., 19.VII.1983, coll. Wang Jiashe et al., 33; Mt. Wuyi, Sangang, 700–704 m, 21.X.2005, 25–26.VII.2006, 11–14.VIII.2009, coll. Yang Chao et al., 432Ƥ; Mt. Wuyi, Huangxizhou, 500 m, 29.VII.2006, coll. Xue Dayong, 13; Chong’an Guadun, 28.VII–11.VIII.1979, coll. Wang Linyao, 231Ƥ; Chong’an Sangang, 12.VIII.1979, 13; Chong’an Tongmu, 22.VIII.1979, coll. Wang Linyao, 13; Shanghang, Meihuashan, Huyuan, 1208 m, 6.XI.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 13; Nanjing, 25.VII.1973, coll. Chen Yixin, 1Ƥ; same locality, 6–7.XI.1980, 5–6.XI.1986, 63; Nanjing, Huboliaoxiangxi, 195 m, 22–24.XI.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 13; Wuping, Liangyeshan, Kongxia, 480–627 m, 17–19.XI.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 331Ƥ. Guangdong (IZCAS): Shixing, Cebaling, 365–401 m, 22–26.VII.2008, coll. Che Fuqiang, 231Ƥ; Ruyuan, Nanling, 1020 m, 16–20.VII.2008, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 63. Hainan (IZCAS): Lingshui, Diaoluoshan, 920 m, 3.V.2007, 11–12.XII.2007, 29–31.III.2008, coll. Han Hongxiang et al., 631Ƥ; Baisha, Nankai, Nanmaola, 1261 m, 10–14.V.2009, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 23; Ledong, Jianfengling, Tianchi, 808–982 m, 14–17.XII.2007, 23–26.XI.2008, 18.V.2009, coll. Chen Fuqiang and Li Jing, 73; Bawangling, Donger Linchang, 1015 m, 8–10.V.2007, coll. Chen Fuqiang, 33; Wuzhishan, 730–900 m, 8.V.2007, coll. Lang Songyun, 13; Qiongzhong, Limuling, 620 m, 14–15.V.2007, coll. Lang Songyun and Han Hongxiang, 23. Guangxi (IZCAS): Miaoershan, Jiuniuchang, 1150 m, 6–10.VII.1985, coll. Fang Chenglai and Wang Ziqing, 132Ƥ; Longsheng, 14–15.VI.1980, coll. Wang Linyao, 131Ƥ; Longsheng Dadi, 13.VI.1980, coll. Wang Linyao, 13; Fulong Pinglongshan, 650 m, 21.IV.1998, coll. Qiao Gexia, 1Ƥ; Fangcheng Fulong, 240–260 m, 13–19.III., 19–20.IV.1998, coll. Wu Chunsheng and Li Wenzhu, 235Ƥ; Napo Defu, 1300–1440 m, 3.IV, 14.VIII.1998, 18–19.VI.2000, coll. Chen Jun et al., 832Ƥ; Jinxiu, Huawang Shanzhuang, 600 m, 20.V.1999, coll. Xiao Hui and Zhang Yanzhou, 23; Jinxiu, Shengtangshan, 300 m, 28–29.VI.2000, coll. Yao Jian et al., 43; Jinxiu, Linhai Shangzhuang, 1100 m, 2.VII.2000, coll. Li Wenzhu, 13; Shangsi, Hongqi Linchang, 248 m, 18.III.1998, coll. Wu Chunsheng, 13; Fangcheng, Banbaxiang, 250 m, 3.VI.2000, coll. Yao Jian, 13. Sichuan (IZCAS): Mt. Emei, Qingyinge, 800–1000 m, 25.VI.1957, 18.VII.1957, 16–17.IX.1957, coll. Zhu Fuxing et al., 73; Mt. Emei, Fuhusi, 600 m, 12.VI.1979, coll. Shang Jinwen, 13; Qingchengshan, Tianshidong, 1000 m, 18.V.1979, coll. Gao Ping, 13; Qingchengshan, 1000 m, 19–27.V., 4.VI.1979, coll. Shang Jinwen and Gao Ping, 831Ƥ; Chongqing (IZCAS): Jinyunshan, 800 m, 14.VI.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu, 23; Wanxian, Wang’erbao, 1200 m, 9–14.VII.1993, 27.V.–3.VI.1994, coll. Song Shimei et al., 173; Fengdu, Shiping, 610 m, 2.VI.1994, coll. Li Wenzhu, 1Ƥ. Guizhou (IZCAS): Jiangkou, Fanjingshan, 500 m, 11.VII.1988, coll. Li Wei, 131Ƥ. Yunnan (IZCAS): Baoshan, Baihualing, 1520 m, 11–13.VIII.2007, coll. Wu Chunguang, 13; Xiaomenglun, 6.V.1980, coll. Wang Linyao, 23. Tibet (IZCAS): Mêdog, 1091 m, 23.VIII.2006, coll. Lang Songyun, 1Ƥ.
Diagnosis. O. insignis is the only species in China belonging to the insignis -group. O. insignis shares a brown postmedial line from the forewing apex to hind margin with O. andrema, O. pavaca, O. trispinuligera, O. paki, O. hoenei and O. bilineata. O. bilineata has a distinct antemedial line on the forewing, which is indistinct in O. insignis. The forewing outer margin is less protruding than in O. hoenei, O. paki or O. trispinuligera. The white decorations near the discal cell are present in O. andrema but lacking in O. insignis and O. pavaca. The areas on either side of the postmedial line are unicolorous in O. insignis but much deeper inside the postmedial line in O. pavaca. The male genitalia differ from other Chinese species in the long saw-like valva and the large triangular basal process. The female genitalia have a signum in the corpus bursae.
Distribution. China (Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou, Yunnan, Tibet), Japan.
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 24-25, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.212981