Oenomaus geba (Hewitson)

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 : 26

Oenomaus geba (Hewitson)

Distribution, habitat, and remarks.

This species is a relatively uncommon inhabitant of lower montane forest in southern Brazil, so far known only from the state of Santa Catarina. Previously, it was known only from the male holotype, which lacks locality data.

New material examined.

Brazil.- 5♂: SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009 (AMNH, x4); SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009, genitalia slide/vial #4705, prep. S.S. Nicolay, Allyn Museum Photo No. 022078-7, 8 VI (AMNH). 2♀: SC, Rio Vermelho, São Bento do Sul, 10.III.1973, leg. Rank, gen. prep. CF n°414 (USNM ENT 00180041); SC, Highlands near Massaranduba-Blumenau, Collection E.I. Huntington No. 1009, genitalia slide/vial #4707, prep. S.S. Nicolay, Allyn Museum Photo No. 022078-9, 10 VI (AMNH).

Female.

The female (Figs 12, 35) occurs in the same habitat as the male and has the same ventral wing pattern.