CYPA UNIFORMIS UNIFORMIS Mell, 1922 -- Pale cypa

Upperside of male Cypa uniformis uniformis, Hong Kong, China. Photo: © Ian Kitching Underside of male Cypa uniformis uniformis, Hong Kong, China. Photo: © Ian Kitching

TAXONOMY

Cypa decolor uniformis Mell, 1922, Dt. ent. Z. 1922: 117. Type locality: South China: [Guangdong].


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Adult Cypa uniformis uniformis, Fangchenggang, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, Guangxi, China, 300m, iv.2023. Photo: © Xu ZhenBang

ADULT BIOLOGY

Flies just after dusk.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: iv (Guangxi); 17.viii-15.x (Hong Kong).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Not recorded.

LARVA:


Larva of Cypa uniformis uniformis. Photo: Mell, 1922b

PUPA:


Pupa of Cypa uniformis uniformis. Image: Mell, 1922b Pupa of Cypa uniformis uniformis. Image: Mell, 1922b

Larval hostplants. Not recorded.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Sichuan (Wolong National Nature Reserve); Yunnan; Jiangxi; Guangdong; Hong Kong; Guangxi (Fangchenggang, Shiwandashan National Nature Reserve, 300m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Southern China south to northern Laos and northern Vietnam.


Global distribution of Cypa uniformis uniformis. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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