Leucochitonea trifasciata Hewitson, 1868

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2024, New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (3), pp. 1-63 : 35

Lectotype designation for Leucochitonea trifasciata Hewitson, 1868

To stabilize nomenclature, define the name L. trifasciata objectively, and clarify its type locality that was not specified in the original description, N.V.G. hereby designates a female syntype in the BMNH collection that bears the following four labels (1 st and 2 nd round, others rectangular; 1 st with a red circle above, 2 nd yellow above, others white; 2 nd handwritten, others printed with handwritten text shown in italics): (Type) above and (H | 831) beneath, (1067), [ Bolivia. | Hewitson Coll. | 79-69. | Leucochitonea | trifasciata . 3.], [BMNH(E) #810335] as the lectotype of Leucochitonea trifasciata Hewitson, 1868 . The lectotype lacks antennae, and its wings are angled down and secured by glue beneath. Images of the lectotype photographed by N.V.G. are shown on the Butterflies of America website ( Warren et al. 2024). The type locality of T. trifasciata becomes Bolivia, according to the label of the lectotype.