CYPA JIANGXIANA Brechlin & Kitching, 2014 -- Jiangxi cypa

Upperside of male Cypa jiangxiana, Xipaihe village, Wuyi Shan, Jiangxi, China. HOLOTYPE. Photo: © Ronald Brechlin. Underside of male Cypa jiangxiana, Xipaihe village, Wuyi Shan, Jiangxi, China. HOLOTYPE. Photo: © Ronald Brechlin.

TAXONOMY

Cypa jiangxiana Brechlin & Kitching, 2014, Entomo-Satsphingia 7(2): 5. Type locality: China, Jiangxi, Wuyi Shan, Xipaihe village, 1500m, 27°54'N 117°20'E, iv-vi.2004.


ADULT DESCRIPTION AND VARIATION

Female unknown.


ADULT BIOLOGY

Nothing known.


FLIGHT-TIME

China: iv (Sichuan, Ya'an); iv-vii (Jiangxi, Wuyi Shan).


EARLY STAGES

OVUM: Unknown.

LARVA: Unknown.

PUPA: Unknown.

Larval hostplants. Unknown.


PARASITOIDS

Unknown.


LOCAL DISTRIBUTION

China: Shaanxi; Hubei (Wuhan; Shennongjia); Sichuan (Ya'an); Jiangxi (Wuyi Shan, Xipaihe village, 1500m).


GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION

Central China.


Global distribution of Cypa jiangxiana. Map: © NHMUK.

BIOGEOGRAPHICAL AFFILIATION


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