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
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4258.3.1
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Bia rebeli pareci
Penz & DeVries
,
NEW SSP.
(
Figs
6
g–h, 12)
Diagnostic description.
Defined by the following combination of characters: (1) MF DFW white apical ocelli generally small. (2) MF DFW orange band moderately wide, somewhat diffuse. F DFW band moderately wide. (3) DFW iridescent band reaching CuA2 and sometimes surpassing this vein. 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 the CuA-CuA1-CuA2 intersection pale, contrasting scale color of surrounding area. (5) M DHW discal androconial pad varying from chocolate-brown to light brown, never darker than associated hairpencil. (6) M DHW discal hairpencil brown, similar in color to, or darker than discal androconial pad. (7) F VFW ripple pattern slightly less dense than that of M.
Etymology.
This species is named after the Parecis (or Paresí), indigenous people from western
Mato Grosso
.
Type material.
Holotype M (
Fig.
6
g), deposited in the DZUP collection, four labels separated by // and transcribed verbatim: HOLOTYPUS // Vilhena, RO[NDONIA],
26/IX/1986
, C. Elias leg. Polonoroeste // DZ 22.646 // Holotypus
Bia rebeli pareci
Penz & DeVries, 2017
. Paratypes are listed in Appendix, and
Fig. 6
h shows a paratype F.
Distribution and examined specimens.
Fig. 12
and Appendix.
Remarks.
Bia rebeli pareci
is parapatric with
rebeli arikeme
. Based on photographs of specimens from the Eurides Furtado private collection (see Appendix), three male and two female specimens from
Brazil
,
Mato Grosso
, Diamantino, Alto
Rio Arinos
can be confidently identified as
rebeli pareci
.