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Not sure of placement. Zygaenidae expert Shen Horn Yen said correct placement of south Indian Artona is Zeuxippa.
Inat obs- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134154792
SS: Not certain of generic placement either. There are numerous posts of this species as Artona hainana Butler, 1876, including from Kerala on iNaturalist, but given that the type locality of this species is Taiwan, I would very much doubt that the S. India population is Artona hainana Butler, 1876. Geetha Iyer, too, reports this from Tamil Nadu, in her checklist, but I wonder whether this species has been properly investigated.
Artona hainana Butler, 1876. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 12: 357, n.4. TL: Hainan, Tonkin, Formosa. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31981905#page/407/mode/1up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361266-Artona-hainana reports Artona hainana Butler, 1876 from Kerala.
Did Shen-Hon-Yen state anything else other than proposing its placement in Zeuxippa?
No actuallly, I've asked him, waiting for reply.
SS: Have you heard yet on its placement? For now publishing this as Balataea spp. pending further investigation.
Inat obs- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134154792
SS: Not certain of generic placement either. There are numerous posts of this species as Artona hainana Butler, 1876, including from Kerala on iNaturalist, but given that the type locality of this species is Taiwan, I would very much doubt that the S. India population is Artona hainana Butler, 1876. Geetha Iyer, too, reports this from Tamil Nadu, in her checklist, but I wonder whether this species has been properly investigated.
Artona hainana Butler, 1876. Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond. Zool. 12: 357, n.4. TL: Hainan, Tonkin, Formosa. Text at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31981905#page/407/mode/1up
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/361266-Artona-hainana reports Artona hainana Butler, 1876 from Kerala.
Did Shen-Hon-Yen state anything else other than proposing its placement in Zeuxippa?
No actuallly, I've asked him, waiting for reply.
SS: Have you heard yet on its placement? For now publishing this as Balataea spp. pending further investigation.
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Pranav Chandra Bose
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September
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2022
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