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Issue: Vol. 2906 No. 1: 3 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-03
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2906.1.2
Page range: 43–51
Abstract views: 61
PDF downloaded: 25

Two new taxa of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the Andes of Colombia and Peru

Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia. Escuela de Biología, Tunja, Colombia
Profesor Asociado, Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Apartado 7495, Bogotá, D.C., Colombia
Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Perú
Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14-0434, Lima-14, Perú
Lepidoptera Butterflies Euptychiina new species taxonomy Neotropical region

Abstract

We describe a new species and a new subspecies of Euptychia Hübner, 1818 from Colombia and Peru: E. cesarense Pulido, Andrade, Peña & Lamas n. sp. and E. cesarense viloriai Andrade, Pulido, Peña & Lamas n. ssp. This new species resembles E. enyo Butler, 1867 and E. rufocincta Weymer, 1911 but shows clear differences in the wing markings, ocellus pattern and the male genitalia morphology. The new subspecies can be distinguished from the nominotypical subspecies described herein by differences in wing pattern coloration. The nominate subspecies occurs in northern Colombia, and E. c. viloriai is known from eastern Peru.

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