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Bálint, Zs. ; Lamas, G.: On the taxonomy of the Neotropical Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini)

7.VII.1974, G. Lamas" (deposited in MUSM). Paratype female: "PERU, LI, Hacienda Quichas, 10 km N Oyón, 4000 m, 1034/7647, 24-26.11.87, O. Karsholt" (deposited in MUSM). Paratypes, 3 males, 5 females: "PERU, Prov. Arequipa, Canon del Colca, 3600 m, 1994. XI. 17-19, leg. Hácz T.-Juhász I." (deposited in HNHM). Genital dissections (gen. prep, nos Bálint): 562 (allotype), 573 (paratype male, Bcllavista), 564 (paratype female. Hacienda Quichas). Type locality- Chicla, 3800 m, department Lima, Peru (Fig. 46). Bionomics - Specimens were collected in high elevations between 3600 and 4000 m. Known from February, June, July and November. Remarks - Phylogenetically, M. colca, M. huascarana and the very recently described M. lea BENYAMINI, BÁLINT et JOHNSON, 1995, appear to form a tight group in Madeleinea. M. lolita BÁLINT, 1993 is an obviously different taxon and not a sister of M huascarana as we thought previously, cf. BÁLINT & LAMAS (1994: 235) and BÁLINT & JOHNSON (1995a: 32). Their immediate sister group is sympatric and synchronic, containing M. koa (DRUCE, 1876) and a new Peruvian species described below and four Ecuadorian species described also very recently (BÁLINT & JOHNSON 1995a). Etymology - A noun, gender feminine, from the locality of some of the paratypes. Table 2. Diagnostic characters of the taxa M. huascarana and M. colca M. huascarana M. colca DW ground luminous deep violet blue luminous light violet blue Female FW marginal border wide narrow Male genital uncus in ventral view (Figs 34-35) long, strongly curved and pointed long, slightly curved and bulbous Female genital henia (Figs 22-23) anal lamella strongly sclerotized and open with central tube anal lamella strongly sclerotized and closed without central tube Female 8th tergite apodeme (Figs 24-25) short and bulbous short and slightly pointed Madeleinea bella sp. n. Figures - Wings: 3-6; male genital uncus and gnathos: 38. Diagnosis - Externally very similar to M. moza (STAUDINGER, 1894) but with male genital structure typical for the /:oa-subclade. Male genitalia resembling those of M. koa but with extremely long subzonal element (subzonal and suprazonal elements with same length) and conspicuously short and bulbous uncus with covergent edges. Wing shape, pattern and morphological characters distinguishing the new species are summarized in Table 3. Description - Male: DW ground colour brown with bronze basal suffusion; DFW discoidal line very small, inconspicuous, DHW with small blue, black eyed margi-