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Issue: Vol. 5609 No. 2: 20 Mar. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-03-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5609.2.7
Page range: 263-274
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Two new species of Staphylus (Scantilla) Godman and Salvin, 1896 (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, Carcharodini) from Colombia and Mexico

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Research Associate; McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity; Florida Museum of Natural History; University of Florida; 3215 Hull Rd.; UF Cultural Plaza; PO Box 112710; Gainesville; FL; 32611-2710; USA
Departamento de Biologia Animal; Instituto de Biologia; Universidade Estadual de Campinas; Campinas; São Paulo; Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná; P.O. Box 19.020; 81.531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil.
Lepidoptera Butterflies Colombia Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 Mexico Skippers

Abstract

Two new species of Staphylus (Scantilla) are described: Staphylus (Scantilla) bondus A. Warren, H. A. Freeman & Lemes, sp. nov. from Colombia, and Staphylus (Scantilla) freemani A. Warren & Lemes, sp. nov. from Mexico. The two new species can be identified by several wing and genitalia characters that differentiate them from other species in this subgenus. Female genitalia of this subgenus is illustrated for the first time. Analysis of COI data supports both taxa as new species and agrees with morphological characters in placing them in the subgenus Scantilla.

 

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