Micandra dignota ( Draudt, 1919 )

Prieto, Carlos, 2011, The genus Micandra Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in Colombia, with the description of a new species from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Zootaxa 3040, pp. 55-68 : 61

Micandra dignota ( Draudt, 1919)

Thecla dignota Draudt, 1919: 754 , pl. 153b.

Thecla obliterata Lathy, 1936 .

Micandra dignota ( Draudt, 1919) ; Clench 1971: 2; Robbins 2004: 120.

Taxonomic history and remarks. This species was described by Draudt (1919) from a single male from Bogotá. Subsequently, Lathy (1936) described T. obliterata from a supposed male from Pampas, Peru. The specimen illustrated by Lathy is a female, not a male, and is now associated with M. dignota . Clench (1971) and Robbins (2004) correctly treated this species as a congener of Micandra platyptera .

Diagnosis. Males are easily distinguished by a rounded androconial brand in the distal portion of the discal cell. No other Micandra species in Colombia has such a brand on the dorsal forewing. The rounded androconial brand is shared with M. tongida (Clench) from Mexico. Males and females are distinguished by the red-brown anal lobe on the dorsal hindwing.

Distribution. In Colombia this species is known from only a few specimens from Central Cordillera in Cauca (western slope) and Western Cordillera in Risaralda at 2740 m above sea level

Material examined. CAUCA: 1 3 CP*: Cauca, Totoró, Cerro de la Horqueta, 2740m, 02/06/2009, Leg. C. Prieto, m1176; 2 Ƥ CP*: Cauca, Totoró, Cerro de la Horqueta, 2740m, 02/06/2009, Leg. C. Prieto, m1177, m1160.