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'Species' from two different butterfly genera combined into one: description of a new genus of Euptychiina (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) with unusually variable wing pattern

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Author(s):
André Victor Lucci Freitas [1] ; Eduardo Proença Barbosa [2] ; Keith Richard Willmott [3] ; Niklas Wahlberg ; Gerardo Lamas [5]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Department of Animal Biology - Brasil
[2] Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Instituto de Biologia. Department of Animal Biology - Brasil
[3] University of Florida. Florida Museum of Natural History. McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity - Estados Unidos
[5] Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Museo de Historia Natural. Department of Entomology - Peru
Total Affiliations: 5
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista Brasileira de Entomologia; v. 60, n. 2, p. 157-165, 2016-06-00.
Abstract

ABSTRACT Sepona Freitas and Barbosa, gen. nov. is proposed for the Neotropical satyrine butterfly species Euptychia punctataWeymer, 1911 and its junior subjective synonyms Euptychia griseolaWeymer, 1911 and Taygetis indecisa Ribeiro, 1931. The new genus has a distinctive wing pattern and shape of the valvae in the male genitalia, the latter being a unique autapomorphy within the subtribe Euptychiina. Based on molecular data, this genus is not sister to any other single euptychiine genus, instead appearing as the sister to all remaining genera in the Taygetis clade. The present paper illustrates the complexity of the taxonomy of Euptychiina, and the importance of using different sources of evidence in taxonomic studies. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/50297-0 - Dimensions US-BIOTA São Paulo: a multidisciplinary framework for biodiversity prediction in the Brazilian Atlantic forest hotspot
Grantee:Cristina Yumi Miyaki
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 11/50225-3 - Natural history, phylogeny and conservation of Neotropical Lepidoptera
Grantee:André Victor Lucci Freitas
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Regular Research Grants
FAPESP's process: 12/03750-8 - Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic distribution patterns of the clades Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 and Pharneuptychia Forster, 1964 (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
Grantee:Eduardo de Proença Barbosa
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 12/50260-6 - Structure and evolution of the Amazonian biota and its environment: an integrative approach
Grantee:Lúcia Garcez Lohmann
Support Opportunities: BIOTA-FAPESP Program - Thematic Grants