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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440853664FEEEFE33" bold="true" box="[151,350,364,390]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Blepolenis batea</emphasis>
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species
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EK, 2DF
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04408536FDFEA1FDBB" bold="true" box="[151,273,501,526]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
Forewing length of male
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(mean = 4.34, n = 15), and female
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(mean = 4.62, n = 7). Very similar to
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, but males can be easily distinguished from that species by the presence of a dorsal hair pencil in the hind wing discal cell. In males and females, postmedial border of dorsal forewing orange area less jagged than in
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. Dorsal hind wing orange area usually smaller than in
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. General ventral coloration more vivid than in
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(fresh specimens of both species were compared), making the ventral forewing brown submarginal band darker and better defined. Females are similar to, and difficult to separate from, those of
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04412835C6FE62FD50" box="[314,466,717,741]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. catharinae</emphasis>
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. Female ventral forewing brown submarginal band usually solid color, without the ripple pattern usually visible in
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0441C935FAFDC3FCBC" box="[475,627,753,777]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. catharinae</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440D7341DFE8AFC9B" bold="true" box="[197,314,789,814]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Genitalia.</emphasis>
Both the male and female genitalia are similar in size those of
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD044419341EFB14FC98" box="[1035,1188,789,813]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. catharinae</emphasis>
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. Male specimens (six dissections) varied in the width of the distal half of the valva, and also the number of subterminal spines at the dorsal edge (
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E). The ventral outline of the valva in lateral view was consistent across specimens (
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D). Female sterigma with long lateral arms, main plate short and with a shorter midline lobe than
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0444AA348AFA92FC2C" box="[1208,1314,897,921]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. bassus</emphasis>
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(three dissections). Corpus bursa oval shaped, with paired signa, and constricted at the meeting point with the narrow ductus bursa (
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F).
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440D734E5FEEEFBB3" bold="true" box="[197,350,1005,1030]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Distribution.</emphasis>
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, Atlantic forest, Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul;
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(
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Kochalka
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1996
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,
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);
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(
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).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440D7333DFE44FBFB" bold="true" box="[197,500,1077,1102]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Variation and subspecies.</emphasis>
The local and geographical color variation within
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04443E333EFB39FBF8" box="[1068,1161,1077,1101]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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gave rise to the description of several subspecies and forms, and three valid subspecies are currently recognized (see
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): nominal
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440E83376FE2EFB20" box="[250,414,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea batea</emphasis>
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(
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locality:
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),
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0442B53376FCCBFB20" box="[679,891,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea didymaon</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04440A3376FAB7FB20" box="[1048,1287,1149,1173]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea praegrandis</emphasis>
(Fruhstorfer, 1907) (
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)
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. The account for
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04423233AAFDCDFB0C" box="[544,637,1185,1209]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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in
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is detailed and includes comments on
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specimens, and from that work it seems that the original description of
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04436933CEFC68FB68" box="[891,984,1221,1245]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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by Hübner (1821) corresponds to a dorsally pale-orange colored specimen in which the delimitation between the dorsal forewing brown edge and orange base is approximately straight. This is the phenotype illustrated by DAbrera (1987) and
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K (Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro), and according to our samples it seems to be a less common phenotype than that in
<figureCitation id="13202A53FFD0AD04452C3239FA31FAFC" box="[1342,1409,1329,1353]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1724,1747]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,381,1693]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1700]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Adult Blepolenis butterflies of both sexes in dorsal (D) and ventral (V) views, including dissection or collection numbers as listed in Appendix 1. A, Blepolenis bassus male D &amp; V, Brazil, 08 - 41. B, B. bassus female D &amp; V, São Bento [do Sul], [Rio Grande do Sul], 01 - 32. C, B. bassus female D, Campos do Jordão-Lagoinha, [São Paulo] MZSP 13714. D, B. bassus male D, Murtinho, E. Parana, MZSP 13711. E, B. batea male D &amp; V, Santa Catarina, 08 - 38. F, B. batea female D &amp; V, Santa Catarina. G, B. batea male D &amp; V, Itatiba, São Paulo, MZSP 13719. H, B. batea male D, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, 06 - 15. I, B. batea male D, Porto Alegre, MZSP 13709. J, B. batea male D, S. Paulo, 09 - 04, MZSP 13718. K, B. batea male D, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, 01 - 33. L, B. catharinae male D, no locality, specimen from the Fruhstorfer Collection, B. M. [N. H.] 1937 - 285. M, B. catharinae male D &amp; V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. N, B. catharinae female D &amp; V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. O, B. catharinae male D, no locality, 09 - 15, MZSP 13710. P, B. catharinae male V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205027/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
E. Although wing color and shape differences between
<figureCitation id="13202A53FFD0AD0442FE325DFC9AFAD8" box="[748,810,1365,1389]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1724,1747]" captionTargetBox="[152,1428,381,1693]" captionTargetId="figure@4.[151,1436,375,1700]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 1. Adult Blepolenis butterflies of both sexes in dorsal (D) and ventral (V) views, including dissection or collection numbers as listed in Appendix 1. A, Blepolenis bassus male D &amp; V, Brazil, 08 - 41. B, B. bassus female D &amp; V, São Bento [do Sul], [Rio Grande do Sul], 01 - 32. C, B. bassus female D, Campos do Jordão-Lagoinha, [São Paulo] MZSP 13714. D, B. bassus male D, Murtinho, E. Parana, MZSP 13711. E, B. batea male D &amp; V, Santa Catarina, 08 - 38. F, B. batea female D &amp; V, Santa Catarina. G, B. batea male D &amp; V, Itatiba, São Paulo, MZSP 13719. H, B. batea male D, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, 06 - 15. I, B. batea male D, Porto Alegre, MZSP 13709. J, B. batea male D, S. Paulo, 09 - 04, MZSP 13718. K, B. batea male D, Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, 01 - 33. L, B. catharinae male D, no locality, specimen from the Fruhstorfer Collection, B. M. [N. H.] 1937 - 285. M, B. catharinae male D &amp; V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. N, B. catharinae female D &amp; V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina. O, B. catharinae male D, no locality, 09 - 15, MZSP 13710. P, B. catharinae male V, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/205027/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
K and 1E seem extreme, we have examined specimens with intermediate phenotypes from several locations including Nova Friburgo itself, and also Serra do Caraça (Minas Gerais), and São Paulo, and there are no obvious differences between male genitalia of these forms. From this we conclude that, as currently understood,
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0442B932CAFCFFFA6C" box="[683,847,1473,1497]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea batea</emphasis>
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shows a broad range of color variation, and subspecific definition within
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04418B32EEFE48FA48" box="[409,504,1509,1533]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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is therefore problematic. Although one specimen from
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(Caazapá, P. N. Caaguazú) examined from a photograph matches the defining characters given by
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for
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0445763102FE90F9F0" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. b. praegrandis</emphasis>
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, we found that such characters fit within the range of variation observed for
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04449E3126FA81F9F0" box="[1164,1329,1581,1605]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea batea</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in
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(photographs of a Paraguayan specimen were provided by S. Rios, specimen from the Museo Nacional de Historia Natural del
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collection). Therefore, the status of this subspecies should be verified by examination of a series of specimens.
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noted that the width of the dorsal forewing dark brown area is narrowest at the northern part of the species distribution, progressively becoming broader towards southern localities in
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(and probably
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). We confirmed his assessment, and southern specimens with little or no orange color distal from the dorsal forewing discal cell correspond to the described
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD044366300EFBF9F8A8" box="[884,1097,1797,1821]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea didymaon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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H and I). Nonetheless, we feel that the local and clinal variation in color pattern in
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04435E3022FC1BF8F4" box="[844,939,1833,1857]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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calls the recognition of discrete subspecies into question.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0440D7307AFE60F83F" bold="true" box="[197,464,1905,1930]" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">Natural history notes.</emphasis>
The early stages of
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<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD0442D0307AFC92F83C" box="[706,802,1905,1929]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">B. batea</emphasis>
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have not been described. André Freitas (pers. comm.) observed females of this species ovipositing on an unidentified grass, and notes that adults can be locally common on forest edges bordered by wet to flooded grassland in higher altitude localities. Reported host plants include
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and
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(see
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Beccaloni
<emphasis id="B96FEAC4FFD0AD04427C30D6FD16F840" box="[622,678,2013,2037]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="8">et al.</emphasis>
2008
</bibRefCitation>
).
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