Aulocera ellenae subsp. sichuana Sakai, Aoki & Yamaguchi 2001

Aulocera ellenae sichuana Sakai, Aoki & Yamaguchi, 2001 (Figures 4, 10, 11b, 12a) Aulocera ellenae sichuana Sakai, Aoki & Yamaguchi, 2001, Butterflies 30: 49, figs. 30–31, 76b, 80. TL: Xin Du Qiao, Kangding, Sichuan. Material examined. 1 ♂, CHINA: Sichuan, Kangding, Xinduqiao, [3400 m], 31.VII.2009, leg. Song-yun Lang (LSY); 1 ♀, CHINA: Sichuan, Kangding, Xinduqiao, [3400 m], 21.VIII.2014, leg. Hao Huang (LSY). Diagnosis. A) The subspecies can be distinguished from the nominate subspecies from northwestern Yunnan by the combination of the following characters: 1) In male, on the forewing dorsal side, the postdiscal spots are creamy, whereas they are pure white in the nominate subspecies; 2) In both sexes, the postdiscal spots in spaces 1b, 2 and 3 are smaller than those of the nominate subspecies. B) The differential diagnosis with Aulocera ellenae houjae ssp. nov. is given in the diagnosis section of the latter, below. Distribution. China (W. Sichuan).