A new species of Moneuptychia Forster (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) from central Brazil

Abstract

-This paper describes a new species of Moneuptychia Forster from the cerrado in the Federal District and Goiás region in central Brazil, and from highland open vegetation (campos de altitude) of Minas Gerais and Paraná. We provide details of the adult morphology and discuss the new species placement in the genus Moneuptychia.

Revision of Godartiana Forster (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with the description of a new species from northeastern Brazil

“…Egg size is given as height and diameter, and the head capsule size of larvae as the distance between the most external stemmata from each side (as in Freitas et al . ). All measurements were made using a microscope with a calibrated micrometric ocular.…”

“…Intraspecific seasonal variation was observed in the size of ocelli on the ventral wings, which are small in the dry season and larger in the wet season, a pattern also reported for several other species of Euptychiina (see D'Abrera ; Freitas et al . ; Siewert et al . ; Zacca et al .…”

Description of Emeryus Zacca, Mielke & Casagrande gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) to accommodate three species formerly placed in Paryphthimoides Forster, 1964

“…However, the marked seasonal variation in the wing pattern of E. difficilis , which can impede its prompt recognition, is a phenomenon also reported in other Euptychiina species from the Brazilian seasonal savannahs (Freitas 2007; Freitas et al . 2010; Siewert et al . 2013; Zacca et al .…”

“…2010, 2011; Freitas et al . 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018; Brévignon & Benmesbah 2012; Matos‐Maraví et al . 2013; Zacca et al .…”

The “Taygetis ypthima species group” (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species

“…However, further detailed morphological studies on Euptychiina are highly required to clarify the species and genera delimitations within the subtribe. As clear morphological keys are generated, several monophyletic groups are easily identified using informative synapomorphies (Freitas 2007, Freitas et al 2010, Zacca et al 2013). Nonetheless, because of this lack of information, the description of a new genus for the five species treated here would be premature.…”