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Thecla danaus (Felder et Fedler) - Draudt 1919: 753 (new combination), PI . 149, row b, fig. "danaus". Thecla margaritacea Draudt - Draudt 1919: 755, holotype male, coll. Fassl, type locality: "Muzo, Columbien", PI. 53, row b, fig. "margaritacea" (synonymized by Goodson 1946: 267). Material examined - Venezuela: no locality, Druce coll. (female); no locality, BMNH coll. (female). Colombia: Rio Aguacatal, 1800 m, Brabant coll. (1 female); Lectotype female, designated here (see below), BMNH(E) 265878. Ecuador: Quito, Hewitson coll. (female). Genital dissections: B.M. Rhopalocera vial, no 3484 (lectotype); 5837 (Venezuela, female). Diagnosis - The species can be distinguished from the sister species M. belus sp. n. by the pointed shape of the male androconial cluster (rounded on M. belus) and by the submarginal rows formed by the lineal intercellular pattern on the female ventrum (these occur as crescents in the sister species). Note - Lectotype designation. The description of Pseudolycaena danaus was based on an unstated number of female specimens originating from Venezuela, purchased by Kaden via Moritz (Felder & Felder 1865: 248). There is a single female specimen in the BMNH which originates from the Kaden collection and was deposited in the BMNH via Druce. This certainly was the specimen, or one of the specimens, that served as the basis of the original description provided by the Felders. This specimen was subsequently labelled and segregated by Goodson in the Lycaenidae Type Collection of the BMNH with serial number 560 as the "type" of Pseudolycaena danaus. And again, this individual was erroneously considered by d'Abrera (1995: 1128) as holotype female or as holotype male by Johnson et al. (1997: 23). I examined and databased this specimen in the BMNH. Hereby I designate this female individual as lectotype of Pseudolycaena danaus (Figs 1-3). This action is necessary because the name was also applied to the sister species of M. danaus which will be described subsequently. The taxa can be distinguished by the key previously presented herein. Distribution - The species was mentioned by Hewitson (1865: 80) as occurring in Venezuela and Ecuador (Quito). Draudt (1919: 753) recorded it from Colombia, Bolivia and Peru. The distribution of the species according to d'Abrera (1995: 1128) was Venezuela, Colombia and Peru. I suspect that the Peruvian records pertain to the sister species of M. danaus, and most probably also Bolivian records, although I myself have not seen any Margaritheclus specimens from Bolivia. Margaritheclus belus sp. n. (Figs 4-9) Thecla danaus (Felder et Felder). - d'Abrera 1995: 1128, fig. 'T. danaus S R" and 'T. danaus $ R", 'T. danaus S V" and 'T. danaus S V", misidentifications.