Oenomaus morroensis 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 : 29

Oenomaus morroensis Faynel & Moser

Distribution, habitat, and remarks.

Described by Faynel and Moser (2008) from five males from Brazil (SC, RS), but no other specimens are known. It appears to be a species of lower montane and subtropical forest.

Intraspecific variation.

A small white spot on VHW cell Sc+R1-Rs that is displaced basally ( Faynel and Moser 2008) is present in the holotype, but not in the paratypes.

Behavior/biology.

Although Oenomaus morroensis is unrecorded north of Santa Catarina, a reared male from São Paulo (see under Oenomaus moseri ) could possibly be this species.

Female.

Unknown.

COI DNA sequence.

One paratype has been barcoded (CF-LYC-015). As already noted, this sequence is 5.0% divergent from the sympatric and superficially similar Oenomaus moseri .