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Issue: Vol. 2506 No. 1: 15 Jun. 2010
Type: Articles
Published: 2010-06-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2506.1.5
Page range: 59–64
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 1

Description of a new high Andean butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from the “Sierra Nevada del Cocuy”, Colombia

Grupo de estudios en Bioindicación y Conservación, Corporación Universitaria Autónoma del Cauca, Popayán, Colombia & Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad (CIBIO), Universidad de Alicante, España
Lepidoptera Andes Pons Boyacá “browni group” Penaincisalia

Abstract

A new species of Penaincisalia, P. elisabeth sp. n. is described and diagnosed from the “Sierra Nevada del Cocuy” in north-eastern Colombia. Adult specimens and genitalia of both sexes are illustrated and compared with P. saraha, hypothetically the most closely related species.

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