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Issue: Vol. 3981 No. 4: 7 Jul. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-07-07
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3981.4.4
Page range: 521–541
Abstract views: 80
PDF downloaded: 6

Four new species of Moneuptychia (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) from Brazil

Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Departamento de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, CP 6109, CEP 13083-970, Campinas, SP, Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Departamento de Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Paraná, P.O. Box 19.020, ZIP Code 81.531-980, Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
Departamento de Genética e Evolução, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
Atlantic Forest Euptychoides castrensis New Species Pharneuptychia

Abstract

This paper describes four new species of Moneuptychia as follows: M. montana Freitas, M. vitellina Freitas & Barbosa, M. pervagata Freitas, Siewert & Mielke and M. wahlbergi Freitas, Barbosa, Siewert & Mielke from south and southeastern Brazil. Details are presented on the morphology of adults of all species, and immature stages for two species, and we discuss the taxonomy and identification of the genus Moneuptychia. The mitochondrial CoxI “barcode” region was used for exploring the utility of this DNA marker to identify these species, giving strong support for all new species.