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A new species of genus Cyana Walker, 1854 (Lepidoptera: Erebidae: Arctiinae)
Navneet Singh1, Kamalika Bhattacharyya, Anton V Volynkin
1Zoological survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, New Alipore, Kolkata 700053, West Bengal, India. nsgill007@gmail.com.
Abstract:
A new species of Cyana Walker 1854, C. neopuer Singh, Bhattacharyya Volynkin, sp. nov. is described from North East India, Nepal and Myanmar. The species is closely similar to C. puer (Elwes 1890) but has significant differences in vesica of male genitalia. The details are discussed along with photographs. Distributional map of both the species is provided.
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