Ocaria arpoxais (Godman & Salvin, 1887)

Faynel, Christophe, Busby, Robert C., Dolibaina, Diego R., Huertas, Blanca & Fåhraeus, Christer, 2025, A review of the Ocaria arpoxais species group (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) with the description of a new species previously confused with O. cinerea (Lathy), Zootaxa 5618 (1), pp. 47-67 : 53

Identification Key for species in the Ocaria arpoxais species group (valid for both sexes)

1. VFW apex with a dark brown submarginal patch..................................................... O. sadiei

- VFW apex without dark brown submarginal patch........................................................... 2

2. VHW line in CuA 2 –2A with an upward, basally-directed orientation............................................. 3

- VHW line in CuA 2 –2A with a downward direction, to the distal margin...........................................4

3. VFW with a large gap between the bold white postmedian line and the submarginal white scales, VHW black cubital spot................................................................................... O. moseranki comb. nov.

- VFW white postmedian line distally placed to the submarginal white scales, no VHW black cubital spot...... O. clepsydra

4. VFW apex with well-defined white patches, VHW with very little white scaling, and a dark brown triangular cubital spot sometimes outlined by orange scales basally........................................................ O. arpoxais

- VFW apex with diffuse white patches, VHW with submarginal white scaling and a tiny brown cubital spot............... 5

5. VHW cells M 2 –CuA 1 and CuA 1 –CuA 2 with few submarginal white scales, DFW blue scales along the inner margin cover most of the distance to the outer margin................................................................. O. cinerea

- VHW cells M 2 –CuA 1 and CuA 1 –CuA 2 with whitish submarginal suffusion, DFW blue scales along the inner margin cover just over half of the distance to the outer margin................................................ O. delphinae sp. nov.