Pseudodolbina yunnana Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024, Zootaxa 5523(4): 432. Type locality: China, Yunnan, Maguan County, Gulin Qing, 1500m.
Wingspan: Male very similar to Pseudodolbina fo fo (Walker, 1856), but upperside of body and wings dark with an olive green hue. Yellow spots on lateral side of abdomen much reduced compared to those of Pseudodolbina fo fo. Forewing upperside black zigzag lines in the medial area slightly wider and darker than those of P. fo fo (Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024).
Male genitalia similar to those of Pseudodolbina aequalis Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 and Pseudodolbina fo celator Jordan, 1926 but uncus only slightly longer than gnathos; valva tongue-shaped and more slender; sacculus longer; harpe similar to Pseudodolbina fo celator in having a longer, upcurved upper lobe and a shorter, triangular ventral lobe. Phallus shorter and thicker than that of Pseudodolbina aequalis, transverse hook of anterior lobe longer and curved obliquely than in Pseudodolbina fo celator (Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024).
Genitalia: Male genitalia of Pseudodolbina yunnana, Gulin Qing, Maguan County, Yunnan, China, 12.v.2024, 1500m. (A) Lateral view; (B). Left valve; (C) Phallus; (D) Anterior lobe of the process (© Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024).
An inhabitant of high altitude evergreen broad-leaf forest (Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024).
China: 12.v (Maguan County).
OVUM: Unknown.
LARVA: Unknown.
PUPA: Unknown.
Larval hostplants. Unknown.
Unknown.
China: Yunnan (Gulin Qing, Maguan County, 1500m).
So far, only recorded from Yunnan, China.
Map: Distribution of species of the genus Pseudodolbina in Asia. The blue dots indicate records of Pseudodolbina fo fo, the red dots indicate records of Pseudodolbina fo celator, the orange dots indicate records of Pseudodolbina aequalis, and the green dot indicates the type locality of Pseudodolbina yunnana (© Jiang, Yan, Wang & Hu, 2024).
Oriental.
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