Published August 9, 2019 | Version v1
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Lepidoptera from the Pantepui. Part VII. A distinctive Lamprospilus species from the Guiana Highlands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae)

  • 1. Res. Las Cumbres, Av. Las Acacias, La Florida, Caracas 1020-A, Venezuela
  • 2. Centro de Ecología, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas
  • 3. 5-15 rue Olivier-Noyer, 75014 Paris, France
  • 4. Impasse du Loudet, villa 3, F-31770 Colomiers, France
  • 5. 11 First St, W. Islip, NY 11795, USA
  • 6. Hungarian Natural History Museum

Description

Lamprospilus ayawi sp. nov. (Lycaenidae, Theclinae), whose male possesses distinctive transparent wing patches,
is described from the Guiana Highlands of South America, on the basis of six males and five females from Venezuela (Auyán
and Sororopán Tepuis) and one male from Guyana (Acarai Mts.).

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