Blepolenis catharinae described in Opsiphanes
Andrew V. Z. BrowerIntroduction
Endemic to the Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraná to Santa Catarina. Penz et al. (2011) note that specimens were collected at fruit-baited traps.Characteristics
Similar to B. batea, but males may be distinguished by the absence of the androconial hairpencil in the HW discal cell.Other Names for Blepolenis catharinae described in Opsiphanes
- Blepolenis catharinae var. wilhelminae
- Blepolenis catharinae var. wilhelminae ab. subexsecta
- Opsiphanes catharinae berchmansi
References
Casagrande, MM. 2004. Brassolini. In Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Penz, C.M., Mohammadi, N.,Wahlberg, N. 2011. Neotropical Blepolenis butterflies: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Zootaxa 2897: 1-17.
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