The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes
Author
Matz, Jess
Author
Brower, Andrew V. Z.
text
Zootaxa
2016
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journal article
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Tetraphlebia patagonica
(
Mabille, 1885
) (
Erebia
)
comb. nov.
(
Figs. 12
F; 30)
Holotype
(male):
MNHN
, Paris, leg. Lebrun, 1883 (photo examined)
Type
location: Santa Cruz, Patagonia,
Argentina
Other combinations:
Faunula patagonica
—
Heimlich (1972)
; Peña & Ugarte (1997,p. 282);
Lamas & Viloria (2004, p. 216)
;
Pyrcz (2012)
.
Distribution.
Found in the vicinity of Cochrane and Palena in Aisen Prov.,
Chile
, and in Chubut and Neuquén Provinces,
Argentina
(
Fig. 30
).
Diagnosis
. The dorsal fore and hindwings exhibit the postmedial rust-red patches displayed by other members of the genus. The ventral forewing exhibits the same singly-pupillated M1-M3 ocellus, and the hindwing is the same rectangular shape. Unlike other
Tetraphlebia
,
T. patagonica
exhibits two ventral hindwing ocelli in cells M3 and CuA1 (
Fig. 12
F).
Pyrcz (2012)
considered it to be closely related to both
T. eleates
and
T. leucoglene
.
Remarks
. This species was not available for thorough study. According to Peña & Ugarte (1997), the species flies slowly and perches on the ground on low to mid-elevation open grasslands.