| Full text | |
| Author(s): |
Freitas, Andre V. L.
;
Magaldi, Luiza M.
;
Willmott, Keith R.
Total Authors: 3
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | JOURNAL OF THE LEPIDOPTERISTS' SOCIETY; v. 70, n. 4, p. 7-pg., 2016-12-02. |
| Abstract | |
A new subspecies of ithomiine butterfly, Oleria gunilla lourdes n. ssp., is described from northern Mato Grosso in central Brazil. The new taxon is confidently assigned to Oleria gunilla on the basis of both morphological and molecular evidence. Its wing pattern, with a broad expanse of orange on the dorsal forewing, is typical of the mimetic color patterns found in Ithomiini in the upper Amazon and Andean foothills of Peru, Colombia and Ecuador, very far from the type locality in northern Mato Grosso, where this taxon has no known co-mimics. Future studies are needed to investigate the mimetic relationships of this taxon with other sympatric butterflies. (AU) | |
| 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: | 15/24663-4 - Biogeographic and diversification patterns of the butterflies from Highlands of Southeastern Brazil |
| Grantee: | Luiza de Moraes Magaldi |
| 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 |