Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack
Author
Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J.
Author
Penz, Carla M.
text
Zootaxa
2009
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journal article
10.5281/zenodo.188448
10d3b521-818c-44d2-af1b-df4281f82b80
1175-5326
188448
Genus
Dynastor
Doubleday
Robust-bodied, ranging from medium (
darius
FW length 97.9–109.8 mm,
macrosiris
94.6 mm) to large (
napoleon
116.7–131.7 mm). Antennae mildly clubbed. Dorsal FW brown; postmedial band cream-white, always distal to the discal cell in both sexes, broken (
Fig. 1
). Costal FW margin ripple-patterned in both sexes. Dorsal HW marginal line usually thin and cream-white (thick and bright orange in
napoleon
); postmedial band usually absent (except
darius
). Ventral surface of both wings either mottled or ripple-patterned (
macrosiris
). Ventral HW usually with three eyespots, in cells Sc+R1 (elongated), M1, and Cu1 (C-shaped). Extra eyespots may be present. Monomorphic for wing color and shape, males smaller than females. Male gnathos bifurcated, varying in shape between species; phallus short, with few small spines on the shaft; valva narrow apically, with a sclerotized costal margin bearing small to large spines (
Fig. 8
E). Female lamella antevaginalis absent (
Fig. 9
B), corpus bursa with paired signa.