Cyana bhatejai N. Singh & Kirti, in Kirti & N. Singh 2015
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 bhatejai

description: Cyana bhatejai N. Singh & Kirti, 2015
(Figs 56, 57, 185, 254)
Cyana bhatejai N. Singh & Kirti, in Kirti & N. Singh, 2015, Arctiid moths of India 1: 63, text figs (Type locality: “ Karnataka: Ganeshgudi”).
Type material examined. Holotype: ♂, “ Karnataka: Ganeshgudi, 19.VII.2004 ” (Coll. PUDZES).
Paratypes: 6 ♂ from Karnataka (Coll. PUDZES) listed by Kirti & Singh (2015).
Other material examined. TAMIL NADU: 1 ♂, 2 ♀, India merid., (Madras presidensy), Nilgiri Hills, VI.1994, coll. Schintlmeister (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, South India, T.N., Coimbatore road, 1100 m, Lf. 15.VIII.1989, leg. Dr. W. Thomas, slide MWM 34397 (♂), MWM 34399 (♀) Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 2 ♂, 1 ♀, India mer., 1000 m, Tamil Nadu, Kalkad, Wildlife Sanctuary Manjolai, 6–7.IV.1997, 8.15’N, 77.27’E, tea estate / rainforest, Sinjaev & Schintlmeister (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♀, S. India, Nilgiri Hills, VII.1994, leg. Lehmann & Steinke, ex coll. Schintlmeister (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 1 ♂, India, T.N., Nilgiri Hills, Ooty–Coimbatore road, 1000m, 9.VII.1990, leg. W. Thomas (Coll. MWM / ZSM); 2 ♂, India, T.N., Nilgiri Hills, Bisonvalley View Point, 1200m, 10–11.VII.1990, leg. W. Thomas, slide MWM/ZSM 34398 Volynkin (Coll. MWM / ZSM); KARNATAKA: 1 ♂, India, Karnataka, Ganeshgudi, 12.IX.2007, leg. Rahul Joshi (Coll. NZCZSI); 1 ♂, India, Karnataka, Jogfall, 22.X.2009, leg. Rahul Joshi (Coll. NZCZSI); 1 ♂, India, Karnataka, Yellapur, 23.XI.2014, leg. H.S. Datta (Coll. NZCZSI).
Diagnosis. Forewing length is 13–13.5 mm in males and 14.5–15 mm in females. Cyana bhatejai differs clearly from its closest relatives, C. peregrina and C. catorhoda by its slightly larger size, larger black medial spots, broader antemedial line, broader postmedial line being strongly angled outwards, and broader subterminal line. The male genitalia of C. bhatejai differ from those of C. peregrina by the larger lateral lobes of vinculum, the slightly narrower distal section of the valva, the larger and elongate cluster of spine-like cornuti on the dorsal diverticulum (that is smaller and rounded in C. peregrina), the weaker granulation on the subbasal ventral diverticulum, and the larger and granulated distal diverticulum (in C. peregrina that is smaller and membranous). The female genitalia of C. bhatejai differ clearly from those of C. peregrina and C. catorhoda by the presence of two band-like signa in corpus bursae, whereas in C. peregrina and C. catorhoda one signum is small and round, and the second one is band-like.
Distribution. South India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) (Kirti & Singh 2015).
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 pages 23-24, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4738.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3672439