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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Punargentus angusta angusta
(
Weymer, 1911
) (
Argyrophorus
)
(
Figs. 11
B; 29)
Holotype
, formerly in Berlin; destroyed in World War II.
Type
locality: “
Bolivia
”
Subspecies:
Punargentus angusta picota
(
Fuchs, 1954
) (
Argyrophorus
)
Lectotype
(male) and
paralectotypes
: Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg.
Type
locality: cordillera near Ayacucho,
Peru
4000–5000m
.,
July 1920
. Other combinations:
Punargentus lamna angusta
—
Heimlich (1972)
Distribution.
High altitude altiplano of
Peru
and
Bolivia
(
Fig. 29
).
Remarks
. Weymer described the nominate taxon as a “local form” of
Argyrophorus lamna
, and it was still considered a subspecies of
P. l am na
by
Heimlich (1972)
, who viewed
Argyrophorus picota
Fuchs
as a junior synonym. D’Abrera (1988) indicated
P. lamna
and
P. angusta
as separate species, and
Lamas and Viloria (2004)
maintained
Punargentus angusta
at specific rank and listed
P. angusta picota
as its subspecies. As these taxa are extralimital to the south-temperate region and so not a focus of our research, we did not have material to examine, but photographs of specimens (
Fig. 29
) suggest a very close relationship between
P. l am na
and
P. angusta
, if the two are not, indeed, the same. Both exhibit the lenticular black ocelli in the fore and hindwing cells, bordered by or superimposed upon elongated yellow streaks that are diagnostic of
Punargentus
.