Jamides wananga Wilson, Johnson & Lohman, 2021

Wilson, Peter R., Johnson, Ian R. & Lohman, David J., 2021, Jamides wananga, a new species from Papua New Guinea and Australia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Zootaxa 4981 (1), pp. 107-122 : 112-114

Jamides wananga Wilson, Johnson & Lohman sp. n.

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Material examined. Holotype: male, Papua New Guinea, Wanang Conservation Area , Madang Province, elevation 50 m, - 5.25˚, 145.267˚, 2008-09-01, L. Sam & F. Kimbeng, (in USNM, Washington D. C., Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711079) . Paratypes: 1 male, same data as Holotype (Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711071 ) ; 1 male, same data as holotype except 2008-09-10 (Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711064 ) ; 1 female, same data as holotype except 2008-07- 15 (Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711137 ) .

Description. Male (holotype) ( Fig. 3A, B ): Forewing length 15mm; antenna black with white bands on the underside; thorax and abdomen upperside black and underside white. Forewing upperside: purplish-blue; black margin narrow ~ 1mm along termen widening to ~ 2mm at apex; dorsum straight. Hindwing upperside: purplish blue becoming greyish blue towards the costa; termen margin very narrow (<0.3 mm) black edged with very narrow white on the inner margin particularly towards the tornus; a subtornal submarginal black spot with a series of submarginal blackspotsalongthetermendecreasinginsizetowardstheapexatveins Rsand M 1; tornusandcostagreyish brown; tail black with white tip. Forewing underside: uniformly greyish brown; termen margin very narrow (<0.3 mm) black edged with very narrow white on the inner margin between the veins; terminal and subterminal brown bands between each vein narrowly edged with white; a post median band edged with beige, curved and distinctly stepped at each vein; a short medial band at end of cell edged with beige. Hindwing underside: uniformly greyish brown; termen with very narrow black margin (<0.3 mm) edged with very narrow white on the inner margin between the veins; small tornal black spot edged with white adjacent to two subtornal black spots edged with orange; terminal and subterminal brown bands curved between each vein narrowly edged with white; a post median band edged with beige distinctly curved and stepped at each vein, a short medial band at end of cell edged with beige, and a submedial band edged with beige distinctly stepped at each vein.

Male (Paratypes): As above with little variation other than a slight variation in the upperside colour. Forewing length 13–13.5 mm.

Female (Paratype) ( Fig. 3C, D ): Forewing length 15 mm; thorax upperside brownish black with scattered blue scale and white undeside, abdomen upperside greyish brown and underside brownish white. Forewing upperside: dull purplish blue; margin broadly brown-black increasing in width at apex. Hindwing upperside: dull purplish blue; margin broadly greyish brown, termen margin very narrow (<0.3 mm) black edged with very narrow white on the inner margin, a subtornal submarginal black spot edged with blue and a series of submarginal greyish brown spots along the termen decreasing in size towards the apex between veins Rs and M 1 and edged with bluish grey on the inner margin. Forewing underside: same as male except ground colour duller greyish brown and post median band less curved between veins M 1 and CuA 1. Hindwing underside: same as male except ground colour duller greyish brown.

Male genitalia. Specimens of the nominate subspecies were not available to the authors, but genitalia of the subspecies Jamides wananga roxina are described below. Genitalia of most bochus -group Jamides are very similar ( Hirowatari 1992).

Etymology. Named after the Wanang Conservation Area in Madang Province, PNG where the species was first collected in 2008.

Ecology. The nominotypical subspecies is currently known to occur only in tall rainforest in the Wanang area of PNG. The species was flying with Jamides soemias purpurata . The life history is unknown.

Comments. There is no significant variation in size (forewing length 13–15 mm), shape, colour and markings among the limited number of specimens. The distributional extent of the species is unknown.

Figures

FIGURE 3. Jamides wananga sp. n. from Wanang, Papua New Guinea:A, holotype male (Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711079) upperside; B, underside; C, paratype female (Sample ID: USNM ENT 00711137) upperside; D, underside.