A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Euptychia boulleti (Le Cerf) n. comb. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), a Rare and Endangered Butterfly from Southeastern Brazil
Authors: Freitas AVL, Wahlberg N, Matos-Maravi PF, Marin MA, Mielke OHH
Publisher: ENTOMOLOGICAL SOC BRASIL
Publication year: 2012
Journal: Neotropical Entomology
Journal name in source: NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
Journal acronym: NEOTROP ENTOMOL
Number in series: 6
Volume: 41
Issue: 6
First page : 461
Last page: 467
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 1519-566X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13744-012-0073-5
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 Hubner 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.
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 Hubner 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.
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