Oenomaus jauffreti Faynel & Moser

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 : 27

Oenomaus jauffreti Faynel & Moser

Distribution, habitat, and remarks.

This species inhabits wet lowland forest. It is recorded from French Guiana, eastern Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil (PA, MT).

New material examined.

Ecuador.- 1♂: Pastaza Province, 32 km S. of Puyo, 20-21.X.1996, 1000 m, Robert C. Busby leg., gen. prep. CF n°346 (RCB). Peru.- 1♂: LO, Agua Blanca, 0356/7328, 130 m, 10.XI.2005, J.J. Ramírez (MUSM). 2♀: JU, vic. Satipo, c. 800 m, Villa Esperanza, c. 11°16'S, 74°15'W, V.1983, leg. M. Callegari (USNM); LO, Cerros de Contamana, El Indio, 200 m, 10.IX.1986, P. Hocking (MUSM). Bolivia.- 1♂: Río Songo, 750 m, coll. Fassl, Genitalia No. 2002: 5♂ R.K. Robbins (SMF).

Intraspecific variation.

As noted by Faynel and Moser (2008), Oenomaus jauffreti is a variable species, especially ventrally. For example, the VHW basal spot in cell Sc+R1 is large and mostly white in French Guiana; is small, black with a white centered pupil in Brazil (MT), and is large, with black and white scales in Ecuador. The only element which seems to be stable is the presence of a white spot on the basal side of VHW cell Rs-M1.

Female.

Females were associated with males by their characteristic ventral wing pattern ( Faynel and Moser 2008). Six specimens of Oenomaus jauffreti have been barcoded (four males and two females), including three male paratypes (CF-LYC-028, CF-LYC-029, CF-LYC-030) and one female paratype (CF-LYC-032). The six barcodes show 1.2% divergence.