The phylogeny of Opoptera butterflies, and an assessment of the systematic position of O. staudingeri (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Author
Penz, Carla M.
text
Zootaxa
2009
1985
1
20
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.185409
1e8adb1d-85ac-48e8-98ba-42355c1d777a
1175-5326
185409
Opoptera arsippe
(
Hoppfer, 1874
)
(
Fig. 1
G, 1K, 2G, 4G, 5G, 5J)
Type
locality.
Peru
.
Diagnosis.
Male FW length range 41.7–43.7 mm (based on specimens in Appendix 1). Wings with orange-brown background. FW with a thin orange postmedial band that can be disjointed at cell M3, and a reduced distal arm that does not reach the apical white spots. HW margins with very shallow depressions, as compared to other species of
Opoptera
. HW with a conspicuous orange marginal band, including the tail. Males lack a thin hairpencil inside HW discal cell, but instead have a conspicuously long, broad and dark hairbrush in the cell that extends over the open scent organ next to vein Cu2. The scent organ next to Cu2 consists of a shallow concavity on the wing surface.
Distribution.
Peru
,
Bolivia
? (
Casagrande 2004
).
Remarks.
I was unable to obtain females of this species for examination.
Casagrande (2004)
lists two subspecies; the nominal
arsippe
from
Peru
, and
bracteolata
Stichel
from
Bolivia
, elevated here to full species (see below).