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Issue: Vol. 88 No. 1: 27 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-27
DOI: 10.12976/jib/2026.88.1.1
Page range: 1-9
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Hidden behind colours: a new genus of skipper butterfly (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) for Artinoides ilina Medeiros & Dolibaina gen. et sp. nov. from the Brazilian Amazon

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531–980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531–980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531–980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Departments of Biophysics and Biochemistry; University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center; 5323 Harry Hines Blvd.; Dallas; TX 75390-9050; USA
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Setor de Ciências Biológicas; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531–980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil
Lepidoptera Mandibular morphology new taxa Rhinomias taxonomy

Abstract

The diversity of skippers is astonishing and still poorly understood. Here, we utilize morphological and molecular evidence to support the description of a monotypic new genus belonging to the diverse subtribe Moncina (Hesperiinae): Artinoides Medeiros & Dolibaina gen. nov.. This new genus is described and illustrated to include a new species, Artinoides ilina Medeiros & Dolibaina sp. nov., from the Brazilian Amazon. The new genus is similar to Artines Godman, 1901 in its wing color pattern, but it can be differentiated by several characters concerning the antenna, labial palpus, wing pattern, and genitalia.

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