Abstract
This paper provides description for a new species from the Amazon basin, Z. falcis, sp. nov., taxonomic accounts on some spe-cies of the genus Zaretis Hübner, [1819] with notes on the taxonomy of Z. itys (Cramer, 1777) and Z. itylus (Westwood, 1850),stat. rev. and the designation of the lectotype for Zaretes [sic] pseuditys Fruhstorfer, 1909. Additionally, a mixed gynandromorph is illustrated.References
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