Abstract
Two new species of Polyptychus, Polyptychus smithi sp. nov. and Polyptychus lucindae sp. nov., are described from West Africa. A comparison is made with their closest congeners, Polyptychus coryndoni Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 and Polyptychus lagnelae Pierre, 2014 respectively from which they differ in features of the wing pattern, genitalia and the COI-5P region of the mitochondrial DNA. Diagnoses are provided together with illustrations of the habitus and male genital morphology.
Publisher
Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology
Subject
Insect Science,Plant Science,Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics