Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)
Author
Penz, Carla M.
Author
Casagrande, Mirna M.
Author
Devries, Phil
Author
Simonsen, Thomas J.
text
Zootaxa
2017
4258
3
201
237
journal article
33146
10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.1
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1175-5326
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Bia rebeli tapajos
Penz & Simonsen
,
NEW SSP.
(
Figs 7
d–f, 12)
Diagnostic description.
Defined by the following combination of characters: (1) MF DFW white apical ocelli medium-small. (2) MF DFW orange band moderately wide (in one specimen from Santarém, this band is quite wide, reaching the discal cell); in the M orange scales somewhat extended proximally along veins. (3) M DFW iridescent band from anal margin to approximately half of the CuA2 cell, usually with discrete edges, but in some specimens the iridescence fades anteriorly towards CuA2. F DFW iridescent band more diffuse and narrower than that of
actorion
, especially noticeable below CuA2 where the iridescence is less extended towards the tornus. (4) M DFW androconial organ on Cu-CuA2 pale, contrasting scale color of surrounding area. (5) DHW discal androconial pad usually cream, sometimes light brown. (6) DHW discal hairpencil cream to light brown. (7) F VFW ripple pattern similar to that of M.
Etymology.
This subspecies is named after the Tapajós, indigenous people from the Amazonian region.
Type material.
Holotype M (
Fig. 7
d), deposited in the DZUP collection, four labels separated by // and transcribed verbatim:
HOLOTYPUS
//
Brazil
,
Pará
,
Belterra
,
02°51’03.8”S
54°57’24.9”W
, A.L.Lopes leg. //
DZUP
32.933
//
Holotypus
Bia rebeli tapajos
Penz & Simonsen, 2017
. Paratypes are listed in Appendix, and
Fig. 7
e shows a paratype M.
Distribution and examined specimens.
Fig. 12
and Appendix.
Remarks.
Two females from
Brazil
,
Tocantins
,
Ilha
do Bananal were tentatively identified as
rebeli tapajos
based on locality, given that no corresponding males have been collected in that area.