Thecla loxurina; Hewitson, 1867, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (3): 80; Draudt, 1919, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World (Thecla): 758, pl. 150, row g; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 68, f. 35-36; [CoL]
Thecla atymna; Hewitson, 1874, Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (6): 174, (5): pl. 58, f. 499-501; Draudt, 1919, in Seitz, Macrolepidoptera of the World (Thecla): 758, pl. 150, row g; [CoL]
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM] Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
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Some related literature:
Bálint, 2001
Three new eumaeine species from the Andes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Folia Ent. Hung. 62
: 167-175
Bálint, 2004
Notes on certain high Andean orange eumaine lycaenids with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
Ann. Mus. hist.-nat. hung. 96
: 261-272
Bálint & Boyer in Bálint, Boyer, Kertész & Biró, 2008
Observations on the spectral reflectances of certain high Andean Penaincisalia and Thecloxurina, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
J. Nat. Hist. 42 (25-26)
: 1793-1804
Bálint, Boyer & Wojtusiak, 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical Lycaenidae: Notes on Abloxurina with description of five new species (Lepidoptera: Theclinae: Eumaeini)
Genus, 17: 571-584
Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2001
The genus Pons Johnson, 1992 (Lepidopera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
Genus, Wroclaw 12: 373-383, 12fgs
Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2003
Notes on Ecuadorian and Peruvian species of the genus Thecloxurina Johnson, 1992 (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaendae, Eumaeini), with description of three new species
Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien, 104 B: 363-386
Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2006
Contributions to the knowledge of Neotropical Lycaenidae: Notes on Thecloxurina with the description of three new species (Lepidoptera: Theclinae: Eumaeini)
Genus, 17: 585-600
Bálint & Wojtusiak in Bálint, Wojtusiak, Kertész & Biró, 2008
Description of Penaincisalia biophot with an emphasis on the optical properties of the wing dorsal surfaces (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)
Genus 19 (3)
: 343-353
Dognin, 1895
Lépidoptères de Loja et environs
Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 39 (2)
: 105-118
Druce, 1907
On Neotropical Lycaenidae, with Descriptions of New Species
Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1907 (3)
: 566-632, pl. 31-36
Druce, 1909
On some new and little-known Neotropical Lycaenidae
Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1909 (3)
: 431-438, pl. 11
Druce, 1912
Descriptions of some new exotic Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae
Ent. mon. Mag. 48 (577)
: 128-132
C. & R. Felder, 1865
Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera
Reise Fregatte Novara, Bd 2 (Abth. 2)
(1): 1-136, pl. 1-21 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, [1865]),
(2): 137-378, pl. 22-47 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1865),
(3): 379-536, pl. 48-74 (Rhop.) (C. & R. Felder, 1867),
(4): 537-548, pl. 75-120, (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-9 (pl. 1-74), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874) ,
(5): pl. 121-140, (erklärung) 1-10 (pl. 75-107), (Inhalts-Verz.) 1-20 (pl. 108-140), (Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875)
Busby & Hall in Hall, Willmott & Busby, 2005; Hall & Willmott in Hall, Willmott & Busby, 2005; Hall in Hall, Willmott & Busby, 2005
Five new Penaincisalia species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru
Zootaxa 797
: 1-20
Hewitson, 1867; Hewitson, 1874
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae
Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
(1): 1-36,37*, pl. 1-16 (1863),
(2): 37-76, pl. 17-30 (1865),
(3): 77-114, pl. 31-46 (1867),
(4): 115-136,14a-h, pl. 47-54,3a-c, (Suppl.) 1-16, pl. 1-5 (1869),
(5): 137-150,151*, pl. 55-59, (Suppl.) pl. 6 (1873),
(6): 151-184,185*, pl. 60-73 (1874),
(7): 185-208,209*, pl. 74-83 (1877),
(8): 209-228, pl. 84-85,88-92, (Suppl.) 17-47, pl. 1a-b,3a-b,4a,5a-b,7-8 (1878)
Johnson & Adams, 1993
Elfin Butterflies from the Adams/Bernard Expedition to Colombia and Venezuela (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae)
Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 25
: 1-10 (10fgs)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea
Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Le Crom & Johnson, 1997
Additional new species and records of elfin butterflies from Colombia (Lycaenidae)
Revta Thecl. Colomb. 1 (7): ii + 1-8, pl. VI
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Prieto, 2010
Description of a new high Andean butterfly species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from the "Sierra Nevada del Cocuy", Colombia
Zootaxa 2506
: 59-64
Bálint, Boyer & Prito in Prieto & Bálint, 2007; Prieto & Bálint, 2007; Prieto, Boyer, Lecrom & Bálint in Prieto & Bálint, 2007
Two new lycaenid butterfly species from the high Andes of Ecuador and Peru (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
Folia Ent. Hung. 68
: 157-171
Prieto, Bálint, Boyer & Micó, 2008
A review of the "browni group" of Penaincisalia with notes on their distribution and variability (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)
Zootaxa 1941
: 1-24
[EBW]; Smart, 1976
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World
Illust. Encyp. Butt. World: -
Staudinger, 1894
Hochlandine Lepidoptera
Dt. Ent. Z. Iris 7 (1)
: 43-100, pl. 1-2
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