Theclinae of Rondonia, Brazil: Gigantorubra and Angulopis, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Authors

George T. Austin, Nevada State Museum and Historical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada
Kurt Johnson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 1997

Comments

Insecta Mundi, published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, is available online at http://centerforsystematicentomology.org/. Copyright © by Austin and Johnson.

Abstract

The species of Gigantorubra and Angulopis encountered in the Cacaulandia area of central Rondonia, Brazil, are reviewed. These include species (all new) of Gigantorubra (G. microserrata, G. divergens, G. quadramacula, G. ampla, G. fuscafascia, G. silva, G. rondonia, G. obscura, G. perplexa, G. purpura) and one new species of Angulopis (A. tenuis). Thecla sangola Hewitson (1868) is recognized as having priority over Thecla autoclea Hewitson (1863-1878 [1877]), new synonym. Rondonia continues to appear as a center of thecline endemism and to provide abundant examples of sibling species diversity.