Cyana arama subsp. metis Volynkin & N. Singh 2020, ssp. nov.
Creators: name: Singh, Navneet
name: Volynkin, Anton V.
name: Kirti, Jagbir Singh
name: Datta, Harvinder Singh
name: Ivanova, Maria S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Cyana
Cyana arama
Cyana arama metis volynkin &amp; n. singh

description: Cyana arama metis Volynkin & N. Singh, ssp. nov.
(Figs 124, 125, 220, 277)
Type material. Holotype (Figs 124, 220): ♂, “ Indien, [Uttarakhand] U. P., Kumaon-Himalaya, Bhimtal, 1500 m, 30.II.1976, leg. F. Smetaсek”, slide MWM 34425 Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM).
Paratypes: UTTARAKHAND: 25 ♂, 15 ♀, India, Kumaon-Himalaya, Distr. NainiTal, BhimTal, 1500 m, leg. de Freina, Himalaya Expedition, 10.V.1971 (1 ♂); 12.V.1971 (1 ♀); 13.V.1971 (2 ♂, 2 ♀); 16.V.1971 (9 ♂, 5 ♀), slide MWM 34426 (♀) Volynkin; 17.V.1971 (1 ♂); 20.V.1971 (4 ♂); 21.V.1971 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 28.V.1971 (1 ♂); 29.V.1971 (1 ♀); 30.V.1971 (2 ♂); 10.VI.1971 (2 ♂, 5 ♀); 14.VI.1971 (1 ♂); 30.VI.1971 (1 ♂) (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 23 ♂, 11 ♀, India sept., Kumaon-Himalaya, Distr. NainiTal, BhimTal, 1500 m, leg. F. Smetacek, 18.IX.1974 (1 ♀); 7.V.1977 (1 ♀); 11.IX.1977 (1 ♂); 29.IV.1978 (1 ♂); 22.VI.1978 (1 ♂); 23.VI.1978 (1 ♂); 23.IX.1978 (1 ♂); 24.IX.1978 (1 ♀); IX.1978 (5 ♂, 2 ♀); 28.III.1979 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 14.VI.1979 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 14.V.1979 (1 ♂); 25.VIII.1979 (1 ♂); 12.IX.1979 (1 ♂); 17.IX.1979 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 18.IX.1979 (2 ♂); 20.IX.1979 (2 ♂, 1 ♀); 23.IX.1979 (1 ♀); 24.IX.1979 (1 ♀); 25.IX.1979 (1 ♂); 27.IX.1979 (1 ♂); 29.IX.1979 (1 ♂) (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 14 ♂, India, Kumaon-Himalaya, Distr. Naini Tal, Bhim Tal, 1500 m, Smetaсek / Bauer, 15.V.1976 (1 ♀); 14.VIII.1976 (1 ♂); 15.VIII.1976 (1 ♂); 18.VIII.1976 (2 ♂); 19.VIII.1976 (3 ♂); 23.VIII.1976 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 25.VIII.1976 (1 ♂); 15.IX.1980 (1 ♂); 19.IX.1980 (1 ♂); 20.IX.1981 (2 ♂, 1 ♀); 23.IX.1981 (1 ♂) (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 15 ♂, 15 ♀, India, Kumaon-Himalaya, Bhim- tal, 1500 m, leg. F. Smetaсek, 18.III.1974 (1 ♀); 10.IV.1974 (2 ♂); slide MWM 37064 Volynkin, 1.IX.1976 (1 ♀), slide MWM 37065 Volynkin; 4.IX.1974 (1 ♀); 7.IX.1974 (1 ♀); 8.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 12.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 18.IX.1974 (1 ♀); 24.IX.1974 (1 ♀); 24.IX.1975 (1 ♂, 1 ♀); 26.IX.1975 (1 ♂); 2.X.1975 (2 ♂); 14.VIII.1976 (1 ♂); 6.IX.1976 (1 ♂); 14.IX.1976 (1 ♂); 15–20.IX.1976 (1 ♂, 5 ♀); 26.IX.1976 (1 ♂); 1–12.IX.1977 (1 ♂, 2 ♀); 7–18.IX.1977 (1 ♀); 4.VIII.1979 (1 ♂) (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 12 ♂, 4 ♀, Kumaon-Himalaya, Nainital-distr., Bhimtal, 1500 m, leg. F. Smetaсek 17.IX.1973 (1 ♂); 20.IV.1974 (1 ♀); 3.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 8.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 13.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 15.IX.1974 (2 ♀); 25.IX.1974 (1 ♂); 5.IV.1975 (1 ♂); 15.IX.1975 (2 ♂, 1 ♀); 7.X.1975 (1 ♂); 6.IX.1976 (1 ♂); 7.IX.1977 (1 ♂); 14.IX.1977 (1 ♂) (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 3 ♂, N. India, Bhimtal, 1500 m, 20.V.1978 (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 2 ♂, NW India, Bhimtal, 1500 m, 18–28.V.79, coll. Dr. Liedgens (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, Bhimtal, N. India, 1600 m, 24.VIII.–3.IX.80, Hauenstein (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, Nord-India / U.P., Raum Nainital (Kumaon), Bhimtal, 17–20.IX.1973, leg. Erich Bauer (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♀, India, Bhimtal, 1500 m, 11–20.VI.1975, leg. W. Thomas (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, Uttarakhand, Chirbatiya, 2.VI.2014, leg. Rahul Ranjan (Coll. NZCZSI); PUNJAB: 1 ♂, N India, Amritsar, 260 m, 5.IX.–8.IX.80, Hauenstein (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, Punjab, Dhanaula Khurd, 12.I.1998 leg. APS Kaleka (Coll. NZCZSI).
Etymology. In ancient Greek mythology, Metis is a Titaness belonging to the second generation of Titans, the mother of wisdom and deep thought.
Diagnosis. Forewing length is 19–19.5 mm in males and 20–21.5 mm in females. Cyana arama metis differs from the nominate subspecies by its narrower and paler amber yellow forewing transverse lines. The male and female genitalia of two subspecies have no significant differences.
Distribution. North India (Uttarakhand and Punjab) (Smetacek 2008, as C. arama).
description: Published as part of Singh, Navneet, Volynkin, Anton V., Kirti, Jagbir Singh, Datta, Harvinder Singh & Ivanova, Maria S., 2020, A review of the genus Cyana Walker, 1854 from India, with descriptions of five new species and three new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae: Lithosiini), pp. 1-93 in Zootaxa 4738 (1) on page 47, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4738.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3672439