Five new Penaincisalia species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) from the Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru

Five new species of Penaincisalia (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) are described from the high Andes of southern Ecuador and northern Peru: P. caeruleanota Hall & Willmott n. sp., P. juliae Hall & Willmott n. sp., P. andreae Busby & Hall n. sp., P. libertada Hall n. sp. and P. ismaeli Busby & Hall n. sp.. We present brief discussions on their systematic placement within the genus and on their adult ecology.

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