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A new subspecies of Oxeoschistus puerta (Westwood, 1851), from the Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

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Abstract

Oxeoschistus puerta sabinoi ssp. nov., a pronophiline butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the montane and upper montane forests (1,100-1,900 m a.s.l.) of the Venezuelan slope of the Sierra de Perijá, Zulia state, Venezuela, is described, illustrated and compared with its close congeners. The taxon O. puerta magnus Pyrcz \& Viloria, 2007, from the Serranía del Tamá, is revised and newly identified as Oxeoschistus simplex magnus comb. nov.

Year of Publication
2022
Journal
Anartia
Volume
34
Number of Pages
18-27