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Reassessment of the type locality of Euptychia stigmatica Godman, 1905, with the description of two new sibling species from Amazonia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Satyrini)

Authors :
Shinichi Nakahara
Kaylin Kleckner
Eduardo P. Barbosa
Giselle M. Lourenço
Mirna M. Casagrande
Keith R. Willmott
André V. L. Freitas
Source :
ZooKeys, Vol 1167, Iss , Pp 57-88 (2023)
Publication Year :
2023
Publisher :
Pensoft Publishers, 2023.

Abstract

A brief historical review regarding the type locality of Euptychia stigmatica Godman, 1905 was conducted, which suggests that its type locality is actually Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rather than northeastern Argentina, as previously purported. Consequently, E. stigmatica and its senior synonym E. cyanites Butler, 1871, are regarded to be two species-group names representing a taxon in the euptychiine genus Caeruleuptychia Forster, 1964 known from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. A lectotype is designated for E. cyanites. Additionally, two closely related species are named and described using an integrative approach with morphological and molecular evidence. Caeruleuptychia harrisi Nakahara & Freitas, sp. nov. and C. aemulatio Nakahara & Willmott, sp. nov. both occur in Amazonia and COI barcode data recovered these taxa as part of the caerulea clade of Caeruleuptychia.

Subjects

Subjects :
Zoology
QL1-991

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13132970
Volume :
1167
Issue :
57-88
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
ZooKeys
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.9dfefd55a1149d7a40e05b2cc827d89
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1167.102979