Oenomaus floreus (Druce)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.222.3375

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scientific name

Oenomaus floreus (Druce)
status

 

Oenomaus floreus (Druce)

Distribution, habitat, and remarks.

This species occurs in lowland and lower montane habitats with wet or deciduous forest. It is recorded from eastern Ecuador and Brazil (AM, MT, DF, GO, PR).

New material examined.

Ecuador.- 1♂: Pastaza Province, 45 km Puyo-Arajuno Rd., 1000 m, 26.IX.1999, Robert C. Busby leg., gen. prep. CF n°342 (RCB). Brazil.- 2♂: GO, 163 km W. Jataí S. Rita Araguaia, 850 m, 29.V.1969, S.S. Nicolay, genitalia slide/vial #4367, prep. S.S. Nicolay (USNM); PR, Highlands, 24.XI.1934, coll. Karl Schmitt, E.I. Huntington, Genitalia 1992: 19♂ R.K. Robbins (AMNH).

Female.

Described by Faynel and Moser (2008).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

SubFamily

Theclinae

Tribe

Eumaeini

Genus

Oenomaus