Revista Brasileira de Entomologia (Jun 2018)

Before it is too late: description of a new genus and species of butterfly from a highly threatened Brazilian biome

  • André V.L. Freitas,
  • Eduardo P. Barbosa,
  • Thamara Zacca,
  • Mario Alejandro Marín,
  • Marina V. Beirão,
  • André R.M. Silva,
  • Mirna M. Casagrande,
  • Marianne Espeland,
  • Keith R. Willmott

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rbe.2018.02.003
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 62, no. 2
pp. 148 – 158

Abstract

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Abstract A new genus, Nhambikuara Freitas, Barbosa & Zacca gen. nov., and species, Nhambikuara cerradensis Freitas, Barbosa & Zacca sp. nov., of the highly diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina are described. Nhambikuara cerradensis sp. nov. is the type species for the genus, and Euptychia mima Butler, 1867 is also transferred to the new genus, as Nhambikuara mima (Butler, 1867) comb. nov., from the genus Zischkaia Forster, 1964. The taxonomy, phylogenetic relationships, geographic distribution and natural history of species of the genus are also discussed.http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:41AD7568-3490-4F63-A019-32D5592A8C44

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