Kentrochrysalis heberti Haxaire & Melichar, 2010, European Entomologist 3(2): 103. Type locality: China, Shaanxi Province, Qinling Mountains, Taibai Shan, 1500m, 33° 50'N 107° 44' E, iv.2005.
Note. Visually, apart from size and a darker colour, Kentrochrysalis heberti can be very difficult to separate from Kentrochrysalis sieversi Alphéraky, 1897 and Kentrochrysalis streckeri (Staudinger, 1880). Records of one may be of the other species.
Wingspan: 77mm. Like a dark and more marked version of Kentrochrysalis streckeri (ZhenBang Xu, pers. comm. 2024).
A montane species, generally found between 900 and 2200m altitude (Haxaire & Melichar, 2010).
China: 6.iv-16.v (Shaanxi; Hubei); 17.vi (Baihua Shan, Beijing); vi-vii (Shanxi; Shaanxi; Jiangxi).
OVUM: Unknown.
LARVA: Unknown.
PUPA: Unknown.
Larval hostplants. Unknown.
China: Beijing (Baicaopan Scenic Area, Xiayunling National Forest Park, Baihua Shan, Fangshan District, 2000m); Shanxi (Taiyue Shan, 1500m); Shaanxi (Qinling, Taibai Shan, 900-2200m; Qinling, Foping Nature Reserve, 1500-1900m; Qinling, Shaliangzi, 1000m); Hubei (Daba Shan, Songluohe, 1200-1800m); Jiangxi (Wuyi Shan, Xipaihe, 1500m).
Endemic to central China.
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