Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 94. (Budapest 2002)

Bálint, Zs.: Miscellaneous notes on Arcas Swainson, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Eumaeini)

Material examined -Type: holotype male, NMNH, COSTA RICA: Guapiles, examined (colour glossy photos) (Figs 21-23). Non-type material: COSTA RICA: Guapiles (BMNH, lc?). Remarks - I presume from the descriptive text of RÖBER that the "Thecla paphia" specimen he used for comparison with Th. publica is misidentified since it actually represents Areas delphia. RÖBER writes that the ventral side of the forewing margin of paphia is shiny green and the hindwing median band, after a strong break, runs parallel with the distal margin. The sympatric occurrence of the taxa Areas cypria ma Areas delphia was confirmed recently by SALAZAR & CONSTANTINO (1995: 124). The holotype of Areas delphia has not been figured up to now (cf. NlCOLAY 1971). I have a set of colour prints of the holotype specimen and the accompanying labels (courtesy of ALFRED MOSER, Säo Leopoldo, Brazil). The condition of the specimen is not perfect. It was determined as Thecla tuneta by SCHAUS, as the identification label (in his handwriting) indicates, and was dissected in 1946 by WILLIAM D. FIELD, well before NICOLAY'S work. This information was not provided by NlCOLAY in his original description. D'ABRERA (1995: 1104) did not find any Areas delphia specimens in the BMNH and figured specimens deposited in NMNH. However, I located subsequently a male in the General Collection of the BMNH misidentified as Areas tuneta (see Material examined). Areas splendor DRUCE (Figs 24-26) Thecla splendor DRUCE, 1907: 570, PI. 31, Fig. 4. Thecla (Theritas) tuneta splendor DRUCE: DRAUDT 1919: 746, PI. 146, row d, Fig. "splendor". Areas splendor (DRUCE): NlCOLAY 1971: 105, Figs 2d, 5b, 9a-d, 10c; D'ABRERA 1995: 1104, 1105, Figs "A. splendor $ R", "A. splendor Ç R" and "A. splendor $ V". Material examined - Type: holotype female, HCUO, COLOMBIA: Bogotá (?), examined (colour glossy photos) (Figs 24-26). Non-type material: COLOMBIA: Bogotá (BMNH, ló*); no closer locality (BMNH, 2$ $). Remarks - The taxon Thecla splendor was described on the basis of the holotype female by DRUCE originating from Colombia and deposited in HCUO. NlCOLAY (1971) mentioned that he examined the type of A. splendor in the BMNH and redescribed the taxon on the basis of material from Panama and Costa Rica. I am of the opinion that the female Areas splendor specimen figured dorsally by D'ABRERA (1995) was the specimen NlCOLAY regarded as the holotype of A.