Title
Euptychia boulleti (Le Cerf) n. comb. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a Rare and Endangered Butterfly from Southeastern Brazil
Date Issued
01 December 2012
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
University of Turku
Publisher(s)
Kluwer Academic Publishers
Abstract
This paper discusses the systematic position of the rare and endangered satyrine butterfly Caenoptychia boulleti Le Cerf, the only included species in Caenoptychia (type species), based on adult morphology and molecular data. The results showed that Caenoptychia Le Cerf belongs to the Euptychia Hübner clade, and the genus is synonymized with Euptychia, new synonymy. Euptychia boulleti (Le Cerf) is a new combination. The male genitalia of E. boulleti showed at least one important synapomorphy with the other species of Euptychia, which is the presence of a posterior projection of the tegumen above the uncus. Molecular data reinforces the position of Caenoptychia within the genus Euptychia. © 2012 Sociedade Entomológica do Brasil.
Start page
461
End page
467
Volume
41
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Zoología, Ornitología, Entomología, ciencias biológicas del comportamiento
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84869212191
PubMed ID
Source
Neotropical Entomology
ISSN of the container
1519566X
Sponsor(s)
We thank Marcelo Duarte, Keith Willmott, Mirna Casagrande, and Tomasz W. Pyrcz for critical reading of the manuscript and Bob Robbins, Jacques Pierre, and Marcelo Duarte for allowing us to work in the collections of USNM (USA), MNHN (Paris), and MZUSP (São Paulo), respectively. Jorge M. S. Bizarro, Eduardo Barbosa, and Ana Kristina Silva provided recent information from the “Reserva Ecológica de Guapiaçu”. Eduardo P. Barbosa and Fernando Dias helped with the pictures of the male and female genitalia and wing venation. The following people helped with information from the Museums: Robert Robbins and Brian Harris (USNM), Marcelo Duarte (MZSP), Alexandre Soares (MNRJ) Jacques Pierre and Rose Nguyen (MNHN). AVLF acknowledges FAPESP (grant 04/05269-9), and the Brazilian Research Council-CNPq (fellowship 302585/2011-7); NW acknowledges the Academy of Finland for financial support; MAM is grateful to DIME (90202038) for financial support; and OHHM acknowledges the Brazilian Research Council-CNPq for the fellowship and financial support. This publication is part of the RedeLep “Rede Nacional de Pesquisa e Conservação de Lepidópteros” SISBIOTA-Brasil/CNPq (563332/2010-7), and of the BIOTA-FAPESP Program (2011/50225-3).
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