Opuscula Zoologica Instituti Zoosystematici et Oecologici Universitatis Budapestinensis (Nov 2018)

Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part V. New Lycaenidae (Theclinae: Eumaeini)

  • Costa, Mauro,
  • Viloria, Ángel L.,
  • Attal, Stéphane,
  • Benmesbah, Mohamed,
  • Benmesbah, Mohamed,
  • Neidl, Andrew F.E.,
  • Bálint, Zsolt

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18348/opzool.2018.2.163
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 49, no. 2
pp. 163 – 179

Abstract

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Two new species of butterfly (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Lycaenidae) from the Pantepui (Venezuela) are described; Ocaria faurei Bálint, Attal & Costa, sp. nov. and Strymon auyana Bálint, Benmesbah & Viloria, sp. nov. (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Notes and data are provided on the representatives of the genera Ocaria Clench, 1970 and Strymon Hübner, 1818 found in the Pantepui and in its adjacent areas in southern Venezuela with a particular focus on endemism. Se describen dos nuevas especies de mariposas (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, Lycaenidae) de diversas localidades del Pantepui (Venezuela): Ocaria faurei Bálint, Attal & Costa, sp. nov. y Strymon auyana Bálint, Benmesbah & Viloria, sp. nov. (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Se proveen datos y anotaciones sobre los representantes de los géneros Ocaria Clench, 1970 y Strymon Hübner, 1818 encontrados en el Pantepui y áreas adyacentes en el sur de Venezuela con particular enfoque en el endemismo.

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