Description of a new genus and species of Euptychiina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) from the Brazilian Amazon rainforest

Author(s)

Barbosa, Eduardo P. ; Siewert, Ricardo R. ; Marin, Mario A. ; Machado, Patricia A. ; Oliveira, Isabela F. ; Filho, Jose A. C. ; Freitas, Andre V. L.

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: AUSTRAL ENTOMOLOGY; v. 62, n. 3, p. 13-pg., 2023-08-01.

Abstract

A new monotypic genus in the 'Archeuptychia clade' Xikrin Barbosa, Freitas, Siewert & Marin gen. nov. (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) is described to accommodate a new species, Xikrin ueharapradoi Freitas & Barbosa gen. et sp. nov., in the highly diverse Satyrinae subtribe Euptychiina, based mainly on molecular data. To date, this species is known only from the region of Carajas, in the eastern Amazon rainforest. The phylogenetic relationship and taxonomy of this new taxon are discussed. (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: 18/21432-0 - Unravelling cryptic species complexes and repatriating the genomes of old Brazilian specimens of satyrine butterflies (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae, Euptychiina)
• Grantee: Eduardo de Proença Barbosa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Post-doctor
• FAPESP's process: 20/09595-0 - Patterns of morphological evolution of the secondary sexual characters in butterflies of the subfamily Pyrginae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae)
• Grantee: Ricardo Russo Siewert
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• 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: 16/15873-8 - Systematics and patterns of biogeographical distribution of butterflies' genera from Euptychiina subtribe (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
• Grantee: Eduardo de Proença Barbosa
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 18/11910-1 - Elucidating the species boundaries and the evolutionary history of Neotropical butterflies: case studies in the subfamily Satyrinae (Nymphalidae)
• Grantee: Mario Alejandro Marín Uribe
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• FAPESP's process: 21/13396-6 - Biogeographic and adaptive history of the Heliconius erato butterfly in Neotropical forests: understanding the past to preserve the future.
• Grantee: Patrícia Avelino Machado
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• FAPESP's process: 21/03868-8 - Evolutionary mechanisms that shape diversity and distribution in a tropical biodiversity hotspot
• Grantee: André Victor Lucci Freitas
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants