Euryobeidia largeteaui ( Oberthür, 1884 )

Liu, Bo, Stüning, Dieter & Han, Hongxiang, 2025, Further taxonomic studies of the mimetic genus Euryobeidia Fletcher, 1979 (Lepidoptera, Geometridae, Ennominae, Baptini), with descriptions of four new taxa and two status changes, ZooKeys 1260, pp. 313-343 : 313-343

Euryobeidia largeteaui ( Oberthür, 1884)

Figs 20–24 , 59

Rhyparia largeteaui Oberthür, 1884 , Études ent. 10: 32, pl. 1, fig. 5. holotype ♂, China: Kouy-Tchéou, in coll. ZFMK.

Euryobeidia largeteaui : Wehrli 1939, in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 4 (Suppl.): 269. Unavailable.

Euryobeidia largeteaui : Fletcher 1979, The Generic Names of Moths of the World 3: 84; Xiang et al. 2017, Zootaxa 4317 (2): 373.

Type material examined.

Holotype. China – Guizhou Province • ♂; Kouy-Tchéou ( Guizhou); Abbé Largeteau leg.; gen. slide Wehrli no. 5578; ex coll. Oberthür, ex coll. Wehrli, ZFMK. (left forewing absent; see Fig. 20 )

Additional material examined.

China – Hunan Province • 20 ♂♂, 12 ♀♀; Huaihua City, Xupu County, Taojinping Township , Shannaoao Village , Mountain woodland; 800 m; Jul. 2022; Chao Dai leg.; GenBank nos: PQ 083536, PQ 083541; CRICATAS, CRICATAS 00251 to CRICATAS 00282 . – Hubei Province • 4 ♂♂, 1 ♀; W. Hubei Province, Wufeng, Yizhuxiang Mt. ; 1560 m; Jun. 1998; Wang & Li leg.; ZFMK. Further 26 ♂♂ ♀♀ in ZFMK from Zhejiang, Hunan, Fujian, Guangdong, mainly ex coll. Wehrli, Oberthür, Höne. Vietnam – • 1 ♂; N. Vietnam, Lao Cai, Sa Pa ; 1500 m; 25–28 May 1997; B. Tanak leg.; CKY • 6 ♂♂; N. Vietnam, Cha-pa, Mt. Fan-Si-Pan; 22 ° 15 ' N, 103 ° 46 ' E; 1600–1800 m; leg. Sinjaev & Simonov; ZFMK .

Diagnosis.

This widespread and abundant species is presented here for comparison with E. tigratoides leopardiformis subsp. nov., due to their nearly identical appearance. Diagnostic characters are given under the description of the latter.

Distribution.

China ( Gansu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Hunan, Fujian, Taiwan, Guangdong, Hong Kong, Guangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Guizhou), Vietnam.

Remarks.

A specimen from Baoxing, Sichuan, China, identified by Xiang et al. (2017) as E. largeteaui , is described in the present study as a new subspecies of E. tigratoides sp. nov., and is designated as the holotype.

Figures

Figures 20–37. Adults of Euryobeidia species. 20–24. E. largeteaui (Oberthür): 20. The holotype of Rhyparia largeteaui Oberthür, male, Guizhou, China, ZFMK; 21. Male, Hunan, China, upperside, CRICATAS; 22. Ditto, underside; 23. Female, Hunan, China, CRICATAS; 24. Male, N. Vietnam, CKY; 25. E. quadrata Xiang & Han, male, Hunan, China, upperside, CRICATAS; 26. Ditto, underside; 27–31. E. tigratoides leopardiformis subsp. nov.: 27. Holotype, male, Sichuan, China, IZCAS; 28. Paratype, male, W. Hubei, China, upperside, ZFMK; 29. Ditto, underside; 30. Paratype, female, W. Hubei, China, upperside, ZFMK; 31. Ditto, underside; 32–37. E. tigratoides sp. nov., Hainan Is., China, CRICATAS / IZCAS: 32. Holotype, male, upperside; 33. Ditto, underside; 34. Paratype, male; 35. Paratype, female, upperside; 36. Ditto, underside; 37. Paratype, female. Scale bar: 10 mm.

Figures 56–64. Living imagos of Euryobeidia species in resting position. 56. E. languidata (Walker), Fujian, China; 57. E. languidata incrassata Xiang & Han, stat. nov., Hainan, China; 58. E. xuei sp. nov., Yunnan, China; 59. E. largeteaui (Oberthür), Guizhou, China; 60. E. quadrata Xiang & Han, Hong Kong, China; 61. E. quadrata Xiang & Han, Anhui, China; 62. E. tigratoides leopardiformis subsp. nov. or E. largeteaui, Guangdong, China; 63. E. tigratoides sp. nov., male, Hainan, China; 64. E. tigratoides sp. nov., female, Hainan, China.