Revisional notes on the genera Corderopedaliodes Forster and Physcopedaliodes Forster based on adult morphology with the descriptions of new taxa (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)

Two genera of Andean satyrine butterflies, Corderopedaliodes Forster and Physcopedaliodes Forster, are reassessed based on a study of adult morphology. Their female genitalia are examined and compared for the first time and their role in providing phylogenetically valuable characters is evaluated. The male genitalia of P. physcoa (HeWitson), the type species of Physcopedaliodes, is re-examined and shown to possess two synapomorphic characters that are unique within the diverse Pedaliodes sensu lato complex, in the form of greatly transformed pedunculus and transtilla. All the species of Corderopedaliodes and Physcopedaliodes are listed and discussed. Pedaliodes symmachus Godman & salvin, previously associated with Corderopedaliodes and Physcopedaliodes, is transferred back to Pedaliodes. Two new species of Corderopedaliodes are described from Colombia and Peru. Pedaliodes pamphos tHieme n. syn. is considered a subjective junior synonym of Pedaliodes pandates (HeWitson), and the new subspecies C. pandates olivieri n. ssp. is described from the valley of Cosnipata in Cuzco, Peru.