Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923

Verovnik, Rudi & Seizmair, Michael, 2024, Notes on the genital morphology and phylogenetics of two Arabian species of the genus Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), Ecologica Montenegrina 72, pp. 200-209 : 202

Genus Lepidochrysops Hedicke, 1923

Diagnosis: External characters: Palpus of medium size, first segment short, stout, second segment long and laterally compressed, third segment short and acuminate. FW with the apex angular, termen slightly convex. FW UNS bare from basal (D 2) and sub-basal markings (M 2). HW of oval shape, small rudimentary basal marking present at vein 7 (D 27), sub-basal markings (M 2) present, fragmented, macules present in the external spaces E 22 and E 21 c. Discal and external markings at M 1 and E 2 fragmented on both wings. (Cottrell 1965; Henning & Ball 2013). Male genitalia: Uncus present as a pair of lobes (uncus lobes). Subunci present, medially strongly curved, distally hooked. Valva simple, bare from processes, apex curved, angulated, basis broadened, attached to the basal plate of the juxta. Aedeagus firmly attached to the anellus. The portion posteriad from the anellus consists of two lateral parts and a medial dorsal part. Anterior portion strongly sclerotized, split into two lateral flanges ( Cotrell, 1965). Female genitalia: Ovipositor lobes and posterior apophyses well developed. Anterior apophyses very short. Ostium bursae covered by a sclerotized genitalia plate. Colliculum present, ventrally with several sclerotized ridges. Ductus bursae constant in width. Corpus bursae slightly to moderately swollen, bare from signa ( Cotrell 1965).