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Bálint, Zs. ; Johnson, K.: New species of Cyanophrys sensu lato from the Andean region of Argentina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

"remus" species group Cyanophrys mykros sp. n. (Figs 3, 8-10) Diagnosis. A small (FW 10-11 mm) tailless species with extremely distended HW anal lobe and, on VHW, crescent-shaped white markings paralleling each other in the postbasal and medial areas. The species resembles no other in the region and, in the neotropics, can be readily separated from C. remus (HEWITSON) which has a suffusive yellow-green medial line on the HW, strewn with various specks or slashes of white. The male genitalia of C. mykros typify the "remus" group of Cyanophrys, C. octonarius showing little flaring the vincular base, a short Saccus, and valvae with irregularly elliptic bilobes and unevenly sloped caudal extensions. Description. Male. Head with frons green. DFW, DHW shiny deep navy blue except for narrow (1 mm) fuscous margins (somewhat wider at FW apex), FW scent brand obscured by dark dorsal color or absent; FW outer margin convex toward apex. HW with greatly distended anal lobe colored centrally blackish brown, no hairlike tails along limbal margin, and with outer margin somewhat crennate between the veins. VFW, VHW chartreuse-hued green except for a grayish black basal area on FW. FW with postmedial line of white spots, costa to cell CuA2, faintly bordered basally with red brown. HW with a costo-postmedial marking made up of two fused white crescents (veins M3 to Ml, Ml to Sc + Rl) paralleled postbasally by a slash from the discal cell to vein M3; distally, submargin with faint line of red-brown spots across entire wing. FW length: 10.5 mm (holotype), paratypes 10-11 mm. Female. Unknown. Male genitalia: Figs 8-10. Vinculum robust with base slightly flared, saccus short but widely elliptic. Valvae with bilobed areas elliptic but with irregular, slightly concave, lateral margins and an indented base; caudal extensions unevenly sloping to pointed termini. Aedeagus robust, terminus with two modestly spined cornuti. Type material. Holotype, male (Fig. 3), Argentina, Tucumán [Province], no other data, deposited AMNH. Paratypes. BMNH, same data as primary type (one male). HNHM, Argentina. Salta Province, Cerrillos, 1300 m. (margin of mesic woodland at mountain base), 9 October 1976, leg. B. MACPHERSON (one male). FSCA, Argentina, Salta Province, La Caldera to Jujuy Prov. border, Rt. 9, nr. km. 20, post 1642, 1450 m., 12 February 1991, leg. K. JOHNSON et al (one male). IML. Tucumán [Province], leg. WILLINK, (one male); Tucumán Prov., Villa Nougués [1250 m.], leg. K. J. HAYWARD (one male). Remarks. General data on the primary types and more detailed data on recent paratypes suggests this species is seldom collected, since K. J. HAYWARD maintained a large collection from Villa Nougués and modernday collections in the region have been very frequent. However, HAYWARD'

s specimen from Villa Nougués, B. MACPHERSON'

s from Cerrillos (see JOHNSON et al. 1988) and K. JOHNSON et alls from La Caldera (see JOHNSON et al. 1990) suggest the species inhabitats montane mesic subtropical forest (both "la selva subtropical de montana" northward and "la selva Tucumáno-boliviana" southward, Fig. 2). Etymology. The Greek name means "small" and refers to the small size and ventral macular pattern in this species.