S. Mahunka szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 63. (Budapest, 2002)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume63 2002 pp. 135-138. Gullicaena nom n. for Gulliveria d'Abrera et Bálint, 2001 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on the type species of the genus Zs. BÁLINT Abstract: The substitute name Gullicaena nom. n. is established for replacing Gulliveria d'Abrera et Bálint, 2001, a junior homonym of Gulliveria Castelnau, 1878 (Pisces). The lectotype of Thecla gigantea Hewitson, 1867 is designated and the male genitalia of the species is characterized. Key words: Eumaeini, Gullicaena, lectotype, Brazil, Ecuador Gullicaena nom n. The largest American lycaenid butterfly species, Thecla gigantea Hewitson, 1867 is an isolated taxon in the tribe Eumaeini. It was placed in the monotypic "Gigantea-Gruppe" of Thecla by Draudt (1919: 756). The original combination was recently used by Bridges (1988:11.107,1994: IX.127), d'Abrera (1995: 1134) & Murray (2000: 60) until the genus Gulliveria d'Abrera et Bálint, 2001 with T gigantea as type species has been established in an overview of South American eumaeines partly based on my research (d'Abrera 2001: 194-199). D'Abrera (2001: 195) placed the species in the newly erected genus using the name as Gullivera gigantea (Hewitson, 1867), in which "Gullivera" is an unavailable subsequent original misspelling of Gulliveria. Dr Gerardo Lamas (Lima, Peru), editor of the Check-list of Neotropical Butterflies mandated by the Association of Tropical Lepidoptera (Gainesville, Florida, USA), friendly pointed out (2002 pers. comm.) that the name Gulliveria d'Abrera et Bálint, 2001 is a junior homonym of the fish genus Gulliveria Castelnau, 1878 (Apogonidae, Perciformes, Actinopterygii, Vertebrata) (type species Gulliveria fusca Castelnau, 1878 by subsequent designation). As Gulliveria Castelnau was in use after 1899 and has became treated as a junior synonym of Glossamia Gill, 1863 only about a century after its establishment (Eschmeyer