The original description and type material of the nominal taxon Thecla anna DRUCE, 1907 has been investigated. The specimen which served as the basis for the original description is holotype by monotypy. The figure accompanying the original description is partly hypothetical, and actually resembles the female phenotype, which has been discovered almost one century later. The nominal taxon Aveexcrenota mimianna SALAZAR et JOHNSON, 1997 proved to be a junior synonym of A. anna, which has been hitherto