Scea bellona (Druce), 1906

Scea bellona (Druce) View in CoL , new combination Figure 349 View Fig ; plate 35

Tuina bellona Druce, 1906: 87 .

TYPE LOCALITY: Peru, Oroya Railway to Chichla, 12,200 ft.

TYPE: Syntype ♀, ‘‘84.72’’ ( BMNH).

DISCUSSION: Scea bellona and its apparent sister species, S. necyria (pl. 35), had previously been regarded as the only members of Cyanotricha ( Prout, 1918; Hering, 1925; Bryk, 1930), a genus here placed in synonymy with Scea . With this synonymy, Scea bellona (Druce) becomes a new combination.

Scea bellona is considerably larger than S. necyria . It also differs in showing an additional orange basal dash at the FW base, a second, small orange dash beyond the fork of M 1 and Rs 1 –Rs 4, and in some bellona examples, a small orange spot beyond the fork of M 3 +CuA 1. Scea bellona , endemic to the Andes of Peru, has a more limited distribution than S. necyria , which occurs from Colombia south to Peru. Furthermore, the species has been recorded at even higher altitudes: a series of two males and two females was collected by O. Karsholt (ZMC) at Pueblo Quichas, Dept. Lima, at an altitude of 4000 meters ( February 1987). Most specimens of bellona have been collected between 2500 and 3000 meters.

DISTRIBUTION: Peru (BMNH, CUIC, FML, LACM, MNHN, MPM, VOB, ZMC, ZMH).

DISSECTED: ³, Peru, San Mateo, BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-319 ) ; ♀, Peru, Lima- Chanchamayo, leg. A.M. Moss, BMNH (genitalia slide no. JSM-320 ) .