Matskási István (szerk.): A Magyar Természettudományi Múzeum évkönyve 93. (Budapest 2001)

Bálint, Zs. ; Benyamini, D.: Taxonomic notes, faunistics and species descriptions of the austral South American polyommatine lycaenid genus Pseudolucia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): the chilensis and collina species-groups

data as previous paratype, but from 1200 m., 5.XI. 1995, ex larva on Montiopsis, leg, D. Benyamini. 1 male, 1 female paratypes, in coll. UGARTH (Santiago): Chile, Cta. La Dormida, Chacabuco province, XII. 1997, leg. Ugarte. 3 male, 9 female paratypes, in. coll. UGARTH: Chile, Ccrro El Roble, 1700 m, Chacabuco prov., 17.X.1992, leg. A. Ugarte (one female will be deposited in MHNS). Diagnosis - Ventral hindwing with "U"-shaped band, contrasting congeners dubi and oraria, extending almost completely to wing margin and comprised of continuous elements angled from cell Ml to anal margin and offset by a single black spot in cell Sc+Rl

. Male superficially suggestive of P. collina, P. benyamini or P. tamara, but with dorsal forewing pale medial orange suffusion, resembling P. charlotte. Ventral hindwing marginal area without arrowhead-shaped intercellular patterns contrasting the immaculate ventral wing marginal area of P. charlotte. Male resembling congeners collina or vera but with aedeagus showing an even shorter suprazonal element than these latter; female sipc apodeme short, genital terminalia winged in but with very short and wide central element compared to collina or vera, and bifurcated from lateral view possessing minute ventral lobe. Description - Male. Dorsal forewing, dorsal hindwing ground violet blue with thin dark marginal border; DFW with pale "burst" of orange medial suffusion; dorsal hindwing with black eyespot at cell CuAl barely notable; ventral forewing ground pale orange, framed by prominent postmedial band of five black spots; distally with costa and submarginal areas emphatically bordered with grey; antemarginal area with inconspicuous polyommatine pattern; vcntrtal hindwing ground dark ash grey with outstanding "V"-shaped band comprised of continuously aligned black spots contrasting ground colour and extending to costa; submargin of cell CuAl with prominent elongate black pattern; submargins and antemarginal area with vestigial markings or with no pattern. Forewing length: 7.00 mm (holotype), 6.5-7.5 mm (paratypes, n = 4). Male tergal morphology and genitalia. Terminal tergite lacking sipc. Genitalia with valval shape very similar to that of P. benyamini or P. collina: hemiclliptical and deeply sloped at the anterior after extreme production at Baird's angulation; height of curvatc terminal rostellum somewhat less than height of Baird's angulation, uncus small, compressed and with strong apical sclcrotization; gnathos less elongate and curved, barely extending the height of uncus; aedeagus slender with suprazonal element extremely short (1/5 aedeagus length); sagum somewhat shorter than aedeagus (4/5 aedeagus length) oviform, strong and serrate. Female. Similar to male on ventral forewing, ventral hindwing but dorsal forewing, dorsal hindwing marked pale orange within wide brownish black submarginal borders. Forewing length: 6.8-7.5 mm (paratypes, n = 3). Female tergal morphology and genitalia (Fig. 59). Eighth tergite modified to laterally robust sipc with short apodeme, apex rounded ; genital terminalia weakly sclerotized, comprised of a very short tube, laterally with graded edge, dorsally with widely open terminus and in overall lateral view slightly declined and bifurcated with minute ventral lobe (dorsal lobe dominant, five times loger). Distribution - Currently known from some colline habitats in central Chile in the heights of 1150-1700 mm. The species was exclusively recorded from September to November.