taxonID	type	description	language	source
039E4266FFAAFF9E871BAB70FF5FFC10.taxon	materials_examined	Type locality. Tibet (in its wider, pre- 1950 concept). Type material. HOLOTYPE: J, ‘ Tibet. [handwritten] ’, ‘ HolotypusJ / Neolycaena (Rhymnaria) / arcana / Weidenhoffer & Šumpich, 2017 [red label] ’ (NMPC).	en	Weidenhoffer, Zdeněk, Šumpich, Jan (2017): Neolycaena (Rhymnaria) arcana sp. nov. from Tibet (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1): 275-278, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0074, URL: https://www.aemnp.eu/acta-entomologica/volume-57-1/1679/neolycaena-rhymnaria-arcana-sp-nov-from-tibet-lepidoptera-lycaenidae.html
039E4266FFAAFF9E871BAB70FF5FFC10.taxon	diagnosis	Differential diagnosis. Only two species (N. (R.) aeto Zhdanko, 1994 and N. (R.) arcana sp. nov.) from the whole subgenus Rhymnaria have a white row of postdiscal spots in the shape of broad crescents on the underside of hindwings. All other species of the subgenus have postdiscal spots in the form of white lines or white dots. From N. (R.) aeto the new species differs in having dark brown crescents proximally adjacent to the white ones; in twofold submarginal row of black spots with the internal spots always significantly larger than the external ones (same size by N. (R.) aeto); in the length of forewing (17 – 18 mm at N. (R.) aeto). The morphology of the male genitalia, especially the apical part of valvae (either rounded or sharply pointed) has a diagnostic relevance at a species level as well. Neolycaena (R.) arcana sp. nov. together with seven other species (N. (R.) aeto, N. (R.) davidi, N. (R.) falkovitschi Zhdanko & Korshunov, 1985, N. (R.) oschi Zhdanko, 1998, N. (R.) rhymnus, N. (R.) tangutica, and N. (R.) zhdankoi Churkin, 2006) belongs to a species group with spined valvae.	en	Weidenhoffer, Zdeněk, Šumpich, Jan (2017): Neolycaena (Rhymnaria) arcana sp. nov. from Tibet (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1): 275-278, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0074, URL: https://www.aemnp.eu/acta-entomologica/volume-57-1/1679/neolycaena-rhymnaria-arcana-sp-nov-from-tibet-lepidoptera-lycaenidae.html
039E4266FFAAFF9E871BAB70FF5FFC10.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The species epithet is the Latin adjective arcanus (- a, - um), meaning mysterious, hidden.	en	Weidenhoffer, Zdeněk, Šumpich, Jan (2017): Neolycaena (Rhymnaria) arcana sp. nov. from Tibet (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1): 275-278, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0074, URL: https://www.aemnp.eu/acta-entomologica/volume-57-1/1679/neolycaena-rhymnaria-arcana-sp-nov-from-tibet-lepidoptera-lycaenidae.html
039E4266FFAAFF9E871BAB70FF5FFC10.taxon	biology_ecology	Biology. Unknown.	en	Weidenhoffer, Zdeněk, Šumpich, Jan (2017): Neolycaena (Rhymnaria) arcana sp. nov. from Tibet (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 57 (1): 275-278, DOI: 10.1515/aemnp-2017-0074, URL: https://www.aemnp.eu/acta-entomologica/volume-57-1/1679/neolycaena-rhymnaria-arcana-sp-nov-from-tibet-lepidoptera-lycaenidae.html
