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and of their common ancestry. They are rare examples amongst Lycaenidae, of a 

 stock common to Indo-Malaysia, Africa and to sonoran and neotropical America. 

 This interesting fact had already been noted by Seitz, who (1937, Macrolep. World 5 : 

 739) writes " By this, however, we cannot explain other symptoms, such as the 

 occurrence of otherwise African genera on the high ridge of the Andes (genus Cyclyrius 

 Butler) ". It is interesting to note that whereas the underside markings of Leptotes 

 cassius Cramer, L. theonus Lucas and L. marina Reakirt recall species of Syntarucus, 

 those of Lepototets callanga Dyar and L. andicola Godman & Salvin are much more 

 like those of C. webbianus. 



The early stages of C. mandersi have been described by Manders (1908, Trans, ent. 

 Soc. Lond. 1907 : 446). 



List of Species of Cyclyrius 



*Cyclyrius mandersi (H. H. Druce), 1907. 



*Cyclyrius webbianus (Brulle), 1850 (palaearctic species : Canary Isles). 



Genus SYNTARUCUS Butler 



Syntarucus Butler, 1900, Proc. zool.Soc. Lond.: 929 ; Pinhey, 1949 1115; Swanepoel, 1953 : 8. 



Type-species : Papilio pirithous L., 1767 (Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789), by monotypy. 

 Cupido Schrank fpartim) ; Aurivillius, 1898 : 364 ; 1924 : 470. 

 Lycaena Fabricius (partim) ; Murray, 1935 : 189. 



Eyes densely pilose ; vertex clothed with erect black hair ; palpi long, ascending, second 

 segment long, laterally compressed, clothed beneath with long stiff white and black hair, third 

 segment slender, acuminate ; antennae slender, a little longer than half the length of the costa, 



Fig. 191. Cyclyrius mandersi (Druce), <£ genitalia. 



