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Issue: Vol. 4751 No. 1: 16 Mar. 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-03-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4751.1.12
Page range: 181–186
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PDF downloaded: 3

Two new Andean species of Alychna Grishin, 2019 (Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini, Moncina) from Bolivia and Peru

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, 81.531–980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, 81.531–980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, 81.531–980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, 81.531–980 Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil.
Lepidoptera morphology Neotropical region skipper taxonomy

Abstract

Two new species of Alychna Grishin, 2019, Alychna chulumani Medeiros, Dolibaina & O. Mielke sp. nov. from Bolivia (La Paz, Chulumani) and Alychna argenteus Medeiros, Dolibaina & Casagrande sp. nov. from Peru (Huánuco, Carpish) are described. Illustrations of the wing pattern, forewing stigma and male genitalia of the two species are provided.

 

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