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Bálint, Zs.: A review of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Annamaria with notes on further genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

scent patches in interveniál areas from vein R2 to Cu2. The presence and extension of the patches varies individually but, in cells M1-M2 and M2-M3, there are always scent patches (Figs 27-29). Another distinguishing character between lathyi and draudti is the width of ventral fore wing medial and submedial lines at vein Cul : they are equal in lathyi, but the postmedial one is narrower in draudti. The other characters which distinguish the species from lathyi (and possibly applicable to females), are: (1) the relative width of the postmedian lines in the fore wing ventra: the width of the basal line is larger than that of the distal one. These are equal in lathyi but the medial one is wider in draudti; (2) on the hind wing ventrum there is very thin black distal border of the white medial line (this border is very thin in lathyi, but wide in draudti). Comparing with the Guyana sister species (A. ganimedes), A. draudti is brighter (A. ganimedes: deeper blue), possessing postdiscal scent patches (A. ganimedes: lacking) without ventral fore wing scent patch in basal area (A. ganimedes: possessing), plus the medial line is generally two or three times wider than the submedial line (A. ganimedes: both thin, more or less equal in width). This latter mentioned trait is also good for distinguishing females. Nomenclature and taxonomy - The CRAMER name "ganymedes" was misapplied by several authors for this taxon as LATHY demonstrated. LATHY (1926) also pointed out that the species has been widely misidentified as Thecla nobilis. He clarified the problem introducing the name "Thecla draudti"

. Thecla draudti was described on the*basis of an unstated number of male and female syntype specimens from Colombia and Central America all deposited in the MNHN FOURNIER collection. The original syntypic series contains 14 male and 25 female individuals (FAYNEL & BÁLINT 2004). One male and one female specimen from "Colombia, Bogota" have been labelled as "type" by LATHY himself, however, this action was not specified in the text, therefore it cannot be regarded as lectotype designation. Subsequently the male has been designated as lectotype, and the female as paralectotype by JOHNSON (1991: 145). According to the ICZN Art. 74.3.1. beside the lectotype all the remaining specimens of the original syntypic series became automatically paralectotypes. Thecla godmani was described on the basis of a single (holotype) male specimen from "Chisoy Valley, Guatemala" deposited on the GODMAN-SALVIN collection. This specimen was figured by GODMAN & SALVIN (1887). I examined the holoptype and concluded that it represents the phenotype of the taxon described first by LATHY as Thecla draudti, therefore the two nominal taxa are subjective synonyms and beeing the junior, godmani is invalid (BÁLINT 2005). Biology - Unknown.