O. Merkl szerk.: Folia Entomologica Hungarica 68. (Budapest, 2007)

FOLIA ENTOMOLOGICA HUNGARICA ROVARTANI KÖZLEMÉNYEK Volume 68 2007 pp. 157-171. Two new lycaenid butterfly species from the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) C. PRIETO

1 & Zs. BÁLINT

2 Centro Iberoamericano de la Biodiversidad, Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Espana. E-mail: cprieto5000@yahoo.com Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, H1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary. E-mail: balint@nhmus.hu Abstract - Two new Eumaeini species from the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru are described and diagnosed: Penaincisalia amatamba sp. n. (type locality: Chiguinda-Sigsig, Azuay/MoronaSantiago, Ecuador) and Abloxurina dominiquae sp. n. (type locality: Huancabamba, Pasco, Peru). Imagines and male genitalia of Penaincisalia amatamba are compared with Abloxurina amatista (DOGNIN, 1895) (the type species of Abloxurina) and Penaincisalia balzapamba (JOHNSON, 1992) (the most closely related species according to dorsal forewing androconia and genital structures). We present a brief discussion on selected characters of this species in relation with its close relatives. The holotype of Abloxurina dominiquae sp. n. is documented and the species is compared with Abloxurina duviolsi BÁLINT, BOYER et WOJTUSAIK, 2006, which is hypothesized to be the most closely related taxon based on the characters in dorsal forewing androconia and ventral wing pattern. With 30 figures. Key words - Ecuador, Peru, Andes, cloud forest, Theclinae, androconia. INTRODUCTION The generic name Abloxurina, was erected by JOHNSON (1992) with Thecla amatista DOGNIN, 1895, as the type species. In JOHNSON's original diagnosis of the genus genital and wing characters were used. Although in the Checklist of Neotropical Butterflies, ROBBINS (2004) synonymized Abloxurina with Penaincisalia JOHNSON, 1990 (type species: Thecla culminicola STAUDINGER, 1894), most recently BÁLINT & WOJTUSIAK (2006) argued that Thecloxurina and Abloxurina were valid genera, recognizable by wing shape