Oenomaus geba
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Ordo: Lepidoptera
Familia: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oenomaus
Name
Oenomaus geba (Hewitson) – Wikispecies link – Pensoft Profile
Distribution, habitat, and remarks
This species is a relatively uncommon inhabitant of lower montane forest in southern Brazil, so far known only from the state of Santa Catarina. Previously, it was known only from the male holotype, which lacks locality data.
New material examined
Brazil.– 5♂: SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009 (AMNH, x4); SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009, genitalia slide/vial #4705, prep. S.S. Nicolay, Allyn Museum Photo No. 022078-7, 8 VI (AMNH) . 2♀: SC, Rio Vermelho, São Bento do Sul, 10.III.1973, leg. Rank, gen. prep. CF n°414 (USNM ENT 00180041); SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009, genitalia slide/vial #4707, prep. S.S. Nicolay, Allyn Museum Photo No. 022078-9, 10 VI (AMNH).
Female
The female (Figs 12, 35) occurs in the same habitat as the male and has the same ventral wing pattern.
Taxon Treatment
- Faynel, C; Busby, R; Robbins, R; 2012: Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini) ZooKeys, 222: 11-45. doi
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