Description of two new species of the Neotropical genus Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the ‘renata clade’

Authors

Eduardo Barbosa, Depto de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Mario Marín, Depto de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
Carlos Eduardo Giraldo, Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellin, Medellín, Colombia
Sandra Uribe, Grupo de Investigación en Sistemática Molecular, Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellin, Medellín, Colombia
André Freitas, University of Campinas – UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil

Abstract

This paper describes two new species of Neotropical butterflies: Yphthimoides blanquita Barbosa, Marín and Freitas sp. nov., from the dry forest of northwestern Colombia, and Yphthimoides nareta Barbosa & Freitas sp. nov. from northeastern Brazil, based on morphological and molecular data. Adult morphology, including wing shape and pattern as well as male genitalia, is described in detail. Furthermore, analysis of the mitochondrial CoxI ‘barcode’ showed that both new species are quite distinct from all similar Yphthimoides species and additionally, the ‘renata clade’ is defined based on the presence of cornuti in the aedeagus.

Recommended Citation

Barbosa, Eduardo; Marín, Mario; Giraldo, Carlos Eduardo; Uribe, Sandra; and Freitas, André (2016) "Description of two new species of the Neotropical genus Yphthimoides Forster, 1964 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the ‘renata clade’," Neotropical Biodiversity Journal: Vol. 2: Iss. 1, Article 10.
Available at: https://ikiam.researchcommons.org/neotropical-diversity/vol2/iss1/10