Callipia lamasi sp. nov.

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Figs 7, 12

No assigned BIN, but holotype with COI 359 bp fragments [299 bp gap].

Diagnosis

The largest member of the balteata group, patterns strikingly contrasting, colour of the bands on the forewing upperside distinctly pink, and not red-brown as in the related species. The uncus is broader than in the other species. COI-barcode: the observed distance to the genetically most similar species ( C. jakobi sp. nov.) is 6.0%.

Etymology

The species is named in honour of Gerardo Lamas (MUSM), Lima, Peru.

Type material

Holotype (Figs 7, 12) PERU: ♂, [San Martín], P.N. [Parque Nacional] Abiseo, Pampa del Cuy, 24 km NE of Pataz, [08.067° S, 77.236° W], 3380 m, 10 Aug. 1987, M. Romo leg. (MUSM) (C-0075 with GS, COI sequence 359 bp fragments (299 bp gap)).

Description

As illustrated. Only a single male is known.

Distribution

Only known from a single locality in the Central Eastern Andes of Peru, 3400 m, ca 850 km north west of the collection site of C. fiedleri sp. nov.