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Bálint, Zs. ; Lamas, G.: On the taxonomy of the Neotropical Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)
ANNALES HISTORICO-NATURALES MUSEI NATIONALIS HUNGARICI Volume 88. Budapest, 1996 pp. 127-144. On the taxonomy of the Neotropical Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini) * Zs. BÁLINT & G. LAMAS 2 Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum H-1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13, Hungary Museo ele História Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos Av. Arenales 1256. Apartado 14-0434, Lima— 14, Peru BÁLINT, Zs. & LAMAS, G. (1996): On the taxonomy of the Neotropical Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). - Annls hist.-nat. Mus. natn. hung. 88: 127-144. Abstract - The descriptions of three new Madeleinea BÁLINT, 1993 species are given: M. ardisensis sp. n., M. colca sp. n. and M. hella sp. n. An additional Thecline-like polyommatine species is also described: Nabokovia cuzquenha sp. n. Madeleinea mashenka BÁLINT. 1993 is transferred to Itylos DRAUDT, 1921. Female genital structure of Eldoradina cyanea BALLETTO (1993) (= Polytheclus cincinnalus BÁLINT et JOHNSON, 1993) is described for the first time. With 47 figures. INTRODUCTION The present paper is the eleventh article of a series on the high Andean and Austral polyommatine lycaenids of Latin America. Based on intensive taxonomic studies, several new species were described and the higher classification of the Neotropical polyommatine lycaenids has been briefly outlined (BÁLINT & JOHNSON 1995C) very recently. First of all the present paper contains the descriptions of some taxa, belonging to the endemic genera Madeleinea BÁLINT, 1993 (Polyommatus genus-group) and Nabokovia HEMMING, I960 (Nabokovia genus-group) already mentioned by BÁLINT & JOHNSON (1995c) as "n. sp.". Secondly, the male genitalia of the taxon mashenka BÁLINT, 1993 (Itylos genus-group) is described and according to the investigated structures the species is transferred to the genus Itylos DRAUDT, 1921. Finally, the hitherto unknown female genital of Eldoradina cyanea (BALLETTO, 1993) (= Polytheclus eincinnatus BÁLINT et JOHNSON, 1993) (Cyclargus genus-group) is described. MATERIALS AND METHODS Collections - The most important material examined is preserved in the butterfly collections of the Museo de História Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos (Lima, Polyommatine lycaenids of the orcal biome in the Nootropics, part XI.
