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Issue: Vol. 1660 No. 1: 14 Dec. 2007
Type: Articles
Published: 2007-12-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1660.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 28
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species of Penaincisalia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the high Andes of Colombia

(CIBIO) Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Instituto Universitario de Investigación, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, España
Apartado Aéreo 80771, Envigado, Antioquia, Colombia
Lepidoptera Colombia Andes Cloud Forest Theclinae Cordillera Central Antioquia

Abstract

A new species of Penaincisalia from the central mountain range of Colombia is described and diagnosed. We present a brief discussion on the systematic placement of Penaincisalia cuiva Prieto & Rodríguez n. sp. within the genus. The species is apparently a member of the “browni group”, and we discuss its relationships with other members of this group. Adult specimens of both sexes and the genitalia of the male are illustrated and compared with P. magnifica, the most closely related species according to phenotypic appearance. A key to the known species of the “browni group” is provided.

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