Records of Cigaritis zhengweilie Huang, 1998 (Lepidoptera: Theclinae) from Arunachal Pradesh, India and southeastern Tibet, China, and a note on Cigaritis elwesi (Evans, [1925])

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Purnendu Roy
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 A specimen of Cigaritis zhengweilie Huang (1998) collected from Anini, Upper Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India is recorded and illustrated together with a paratype of Cigaritis zhengweilie chayuensis from Chayu county, southeastern Tibet. Brief diagnostic notes on seperating this species from Cigaritis syama and Cigaritis nipalicus.  A note on Cigaritis elwesi.

 


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