Oenomaus isabellae Faynel

Faynel, Christophe, Busby, Robert C. & Robbins, Robert K., 2012, Review of the species level taxonomy of the neotropical butterfly genus Oenomaus (Lycaenidae, Theclinae, Eumaeini), ZooKeys 222, pp. 11-45 : 26-27

Oenomaus isabellae Faynel

Distribution, habitat, and remarks.

This widespread South American species occurs in wet and dry lowland forests. It is recorded from French Guiana, Colombia, eastern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (AM, MG).

New material examined.

Colombia.- 1♀: Muzo, 400b. 800 m, coll. Fassl (SMF). Ecuador.- 2♀: Morona-Santiago, Santiago (Hill North of Town), 3°02.3'S, 78°00.3'W, 350 m, 20.IX.2010, Robert C. Busby leg. (RCB); 27 km Santiago-Puerto Moreno Rd., 2°56.4'S, 77°49.5'W, 500-550 m, 17 IX 2005, Robert C. Busby, leg. (RCB). Peru.- 1♀: JU, Aldea, 600-700 m, 1054/7455, 23.VIII.2003, J.J. Ramírez (MUSM). Brazil. - 2♂: MG, km 500 Belo Horizonte-Brasília, Hwy, 11.IV.1973, C. Callaghan, genitalia slide/vial #4737, prep. S.S. Nicolay (USNM); AM, Rio Amazonas, Vila Nova (ca. Tonantins, 0252S/6748), 100 m, IX.1993, M. Büche leg. (MUSM). Bolivia.- 1♂: Las Juntas, XII. 1913, Steinbach Acc. 5045, genitalia slide/vial #4743, prep. S.S. Nicolay (CMNH).

Female.

The distinctive ventral wing pattern of this species allows identification of the female.

COI DNA sequence.

Sequences from a Brazilian male (CF-LYC-006) and French Guiana female paratype (CF-LYC-007) diverge 3.0%.