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Issue: Vol. 2740 No. 1: 14 Jan. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-01-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2740.1.3
Page range: 35–43
Abstract views: 53
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A new Orobrassolis butterfly (Nymphalidae, Brassolini): a casualty of habitat destruction?

Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, 70148, USA
Entomology Department, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK
Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr., New Orleans, Louisiana, 70148, USA
Lepidoptera campos de altitude Southern Brazil Atlantic Forest euphragma

Abstract

A new species of the brassoline genus Orobrassolis (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) is described based on specimens collected in the early 1900’s from the highland grasslands of Paraná, Brazil. The geological history of these highland grasslands suggests that they underwent climatic fluctuations, with warm climate periods leading to contraction and fragmentation. This fragmentation may have led to the isolation and divergence of southern Orobrassolis populations. Human impact to these areas may have led to the extinction of the species described here.

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