Rhamma andradei (Le Crom & Johnson, 1997) Le Crom & Johnson, 1997

Prieto, Carlos & Vargas, Maria A., 2016, Elfin butterflies of the genus Rhamma Johnson (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae): A review of the Colombian species, Zootaxa 4093 (3), pp. 323-342 : 336-340

Rhamma andradei (Le Crom & Johnson, 1997) , comb. nov., stat. nov

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Pontirama andradei Le Crom & Johnson, 1997 : Vol. I, pg. 1, photoplate VC, VI. (Image of holotype was exchanged with the image of A. lecromi holotype in the original publication). Holotype examined in ICN-UN.

Penaincisalia andradei (Le Crom & Johnson, 1997) as nomen dubium by Robbins 2004.

Type material. Holotype male, Colombia, Cundinamarca, Laguna del Alar Pasca, 3600 m, I. v.92, leg. J. F. Le Crom. Deposited in ICN-UN.

Taxonomic history and remarks. Pontirama andradei was described from a single male from Cundinamarca. We noticed that the holotype images of Pontirama andradei and Abloxurina lecromi were mixed in the original description of both species. So the purported holotype of Abloxurina lecromi (Johnson & Lugo 1997: photoplate V, C) corresponds to the holotype of P. andradei deposited in ICN. In the same manner, the holotype of P. andradei (Le Crom & Johnson 1997: photoplate VI, D) corresponds to Abloxurina lecromi (= R. anosma ).

Robbins (2004) treated this species as nomen dubium under the genus Penaincisalia Johnson. Genital dissections of recently collected males of P. andradei (Fig. 40) and DFW androconial brand demonstrate that it belongs to the genus Rhamma and probably is a close relative of R. anosma .

Distribution and variability. This is one of the rarest Rhamma species in Colombia, known from only two localities at 3500–3600 m in the central range of Cundinamarca.

Diagnosis. Males of Rhamma andradei are similar in forewing length (<11mm) and wing shape to R. anosma . They are immediately distinguished from R. anosma and any other Rhamma by the entirely brown color of the dorsal fore- and hindwing.

Material examined (3♂). CUNDINAMARCA: 2♂, JFLC: Chingaza rd., 3500 m, 5.11.2007. H. Warren- Gash.; 1♂, GR: Boyacá.

Figures

FIGURES 20 – 29. Adults depicted in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) aspect: 20. Rhamma bilix male (Valle); 21. Rhamma bilix female (Belmira, Antioquia); 22. Rhamma bilix male (Valle); 23. Rhamma bilix male (Yarumal, Antioquia); 24. Rhamma anosma male (Boyacá); 25. Rhamma anosma female (Boyacá); 26. Rhamma andradei male (Cundinamarca); 27. Rhamma familiaris male (SNSM, Magdalena); 28. Rhamma commodus male (Antioquia); 29. Rhamma commodus female (Boyacá).