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Type: Article
Published: 2015-03-12
Page range: 286–292
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Two new species in the genus Geritola Libert, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Epitolini)

Institute of Silviculture and Forest Protection, University of West Hungary, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 4. H9400 Sopron, Hungary.
African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI). P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya.
African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI). P.O. Box 14308, Nairobi, Kenya.
8, rue Henry Barbet 76000 Rouen, France.
Geritola wardi sp. n. G. pacifica sp. n. Afrotropical Region Uganda Liberia allopatry

Abstract

Two Geritola (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) species, closely related to the Central African G. nitidica, have been recognised as new to science. G. wardi sp. n. was captured in small series in Mabira, an eastern outlier forest in Uganda, while G. pacifica sp. n. was discovered in Liberia, in classic Upper-Guinean hyper-wet rainforests. Both of them are described in comparison to their allopatric relative G. nitidica, including male genitalia.