HAYESIANA FARINTAENIA (Zhu & Wang, 1997)

Male and female Haysiana farintaenia, Fujian, China. Photo: © Ian Kitching, CMNH

TAXONOMY

Rhodosoma farintaenia Zhu & Wang, 1997, Fauna Sinica (Insecta) 11: 318. Type locality: China, Jiangxi, Ciping.

Note. This species was known for many years by an unpublished manuscript name -- "Schausanus barnesi Clark, 1939", with two specimens in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. This name has been superseded by the above published name.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

The forewings of fresh adults are mainly a deep jade green, but this fades in older specimens to dull brown. The amount of yellow on the hindwings varies and can be quite extensive.


ADULT BIOLOGY

Unknown, apart from specimens being found at 1500m altitude.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: 23-30.iv (Nanping); 24.v (Ciping).


EARLY STAGES

Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Fujian (Nanping, 1500m (26°52'N 118°7'E)); Jiangxi (Ciping).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Endemic to eastern China.


Global distribution of Hayesiana farintaenia. Map: © BMNH.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION

Holarctic; eastern Palaearctic region. Pleistocene refuge: Monocentric -- Sinopacific refugium.


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© A.R. Pittaway & I.J. Kitching (The Natural History Museum, London)