(Fig. 1G, 3G)

Type locality. Brazil, Minas Gerais, Passa Quatro.

Diagnosis. Transverse postmedial bands of same color on FW and HW, both homogeneously yellow. FW and HW blue iridescence patches smaller than in D. rusina. HW medial band slightly broader than in D. rusina and clearly extended to the anal margin. Male genitalia indistinguishable from D. rusina.

Distribution. Brazil, Minas Gerais (Mantiqueira mountain range), Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo (Casagrande 2004, A.V.L. Freitas pers. comm., Appendix 1).

Remarks. d’Araújo e Silva (1968) reported “uricana” (Bactris tormentosa, Arecaceae) as host plant. This taxon was originally described as a subspecies of D. rusina by Rebel (1922), who considered it a ‘local form’ worthy of a name. The male genitalia are identical to those of D. rusina. Females were not available for examination in the collections that were used in this study (Appendix 1). This species higher elevation forests (~ 1200 m) and it is currently listed as endangered in the Lista Oficial da Fauna Brasileira ameaçada de extinção (http://www.biodiversitas.org.br/f_ameaca/p_fauna.asp, consulted on 26 January, 2009).