Abstract
New information on the genus Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 is provided. A new species, Psychostrophia micronymphidiaria Huang & Wang, sp. nov., is described from western, northern and northwestern Yunnan Province, southwestern China; it is similar to P. nymphidiaria (Oberthür, 1893) which is widely distributed in eastern, southern, western and central China. A new synonym is established: Psychostrophia nymphidiaria (Oberthür, 1893) (= Stiboges lushanica Chou & Yuan, 2001, syn. nov.). Some other taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on the genus are presented. A key to the species of the genus Psychostrophia is provided.
Highlights
Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 is a small genus belonging to the family Epicopeiidae, which is widely distributed across Japan, China, and Indochina (Inoue 1992; Zhu et al 2004; Owada 2011)
Specimens examined in this study were all collected in daytime using an insect net and subsequently deposited in the collection of South China Agricultural University (SCAU), Guangzhou
The holotype status of that female riodinid butterfly, which was subsequently labeled as the holotype of S. lushanica, is invalid, making the true holotype of this taxon the specimen of P. nymphidiaria shown in figure 16 of Chou and Yuan (2001)
Summary
Psychostrophia Butler, 1877 is a small genus belonging to the family Epicopeiidae, which is widely distributed across Japan, China, and Indochina (Inoue 1992; Zhu et al 2004; Owada 2011). During the course of studying the genus Psychostrophia, the taxon Stiboges lushanica Chou & Yuan, 2001, originally described as a new butterfly, was found to be synonymous with P. nymphidiaria (Oberthür, 1893).
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