Two new species of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 from the upper Amazon basin (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae)

By

Neild, Andrew
Nakahara, Shinichi
Zacca, Thamara
Fratello, Steven
Lamas Müller, Gerardo Amadeo Guillermo
Le Crom, Jean-François
Dolibaina, Diego Rodrigo
Dias, Fernando Maia Silva
Casagrande, Mirna Martins
Mielke, Olaf H. H. (Olaf Hermann Hendrik)
Espeland, Marianne

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2015

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

541

Pages

87-108

Subjects

Brazil , Colombia , Euptychiina , mitochondrial DNA COI barcode , Neotropics , Peru , South America , Venezuela

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.541.6297

 

Abstract

Two new species of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 are described from the upper Amazon basin: E. attenboroughi Neild, Nakahara, Fratello & Le Crom, sp. n. (type locality: Amazonas, Venezuela), and E. sophiae Zacca, Nakahara, Dolibaina & Dias, sp. n. (type locality: Acre, Brazil). Their unusual facies prompted molecular and phylogenetic analyses of one of the species resulting in support for their classification in monophyletic Euptychia. Diagnostic characters for the two species are presented based on wing morphology, wing pattern, presence of androconial patches on the hindwing, and genitalia. Our results indicate that the projection of the tegumen above the uncus, previously considered a synapomorphy for Euptychia, is not shared by all species in the genus. The adults and their genitalia are documented, and distribution data and a map are provided.