The Hairstreak Butterfly Genus Noreena (Lycaenidae, Theclinae) and a New Species from Western Peru

Authors

Kurt Johnson, American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 1989

Comments

Published in Insecta Mundi Vol. 3, No. 3, September 1989. Copyright © 1989 Johnson.

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

Abstract

Noreena fracta is described from xeric habitat near Callao, Peru. Its divergent wing and genitalic characters further indicate high diversity in this seldom-collected thecline group.