Revalidation of Pedaliodes lithochalcis Butler and Druce, description of a new species from Peru and Bolivia and a new subspecies of P. napaea Bates from Honduras (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

摘要: Pedaliodes lithochalcis , occurring in Costa Rica and Panama, has been considered for more than a century junior synonym of P. dejecta from Guatemala. It is reinstated here as valid species. shown that the two species belong to different groups with sympatric representatives throughout Central America Andes characterized by common characters adult morphology, particularly male genitalia. closely related napaea whose new subspecies, naksi n. ssp., described Celaque massif Honduras. first cloud forest Satyrinae butterfly this country. another Mesoamerican species, ereiba pomponia Ecuador peregrina sp., Peru Bolivia.