Callipia parrhasiata Guenée, 1858

Figs 67–69, 75, 124

Assigned BIN: BOLD:AAI3927.

Diagnosis

Probably has the most intense pink colouration of all members of the group, and the most extended dark brown area. Callipia intermedia stat. rev. on forewing upperside with a marginal ochreous blotch, this is only present on the underside in parrhasiata . The male vesica has a series of relatively long cornuti. The cream white margin of the underside of the hindwing is very narrow and considerably less pronounced than in related species. COI-barcode: the minimum observed distance to the genetically most similar species ( C.milleri sp. nov. and C.wojtusiaki septentrionalis subsp. nov .) is 4.1%, respectively.

Type material

Holotype (Fig. 67) COUNTRY UNKNOWN: ♀, ‘ Bengale ?’ [incorrect locality] (NHM). The last segments of the abdomen are lost. Eggs are visible in the dorsally open abdomen .

Other material examined

ECUADOR: 2 ♂♂, Napo, Route Baeza-Lumbaqui, at Puente Azuela, 1530 m (ZSM) (C-0281; 0282); 1 ♂, Napo, Yanayacu Biological Station, 5 km W of Cosanga on Cosanga-Rio Aliso R[oa]d, 2200 m (RCGB) (C-0355, COI sequence 307 bp); 1 ♂, Napo, Papallacta, Cuyuja, 0.421° S, 78.022° W, 2525 m (ZSM) (C-0405); 1 ♂, Morona-Santiago, W of General Plaza on road from Cuenca (Azuay Province) to Mendez, 2200–2400 m (AMNH) (C-0289); 2 ♂♂, Morona-Santiago, Rio Culebrillas, 34 km SE of Gualaceo, 2200 m (ZMUJ) (C-0028, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN; C-0288); 6 ♂♂, Morona-Santiago, road Gualaceo-Limon, east, 2200–2450 m (ZMUJ) (C-0038, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN; C-0039 with GS-422, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN, Figs 68, 75; C-0042, COI sequence 658 bp, BIN; C-0283; 0284); 1 ♀, Morona-Santiago, Road Gualaceo - Plan de Milagro, 2601 m (ZSM) (C-0431 with GS, Figs 69, 124) ; 1 ♂, same data as previous, but 2157 m (ZSM) (C-0417); 1 ♂, Loja [province], R[ou]te Saraguro-Loja, 13 km N of San Lucas (?), 3130 m (ZSM) (C-0286); 15 ♂♂, Zamora-Chinchipe, Reserva Biológica San Francisco, 1850–2677 m (RCGB, SMNS) (ID 6081; 6082; 6084; 18830, 22590; 44631; 48463; C-0025 /ID 6083; C-0026 / ID 6085 with GS-284; C-0027/ ID 6088 with GS-107; C-0050 / ID 6087; C-0051 /ID 55871 with GS-098; C-0052 / ID 25733 with GS-115; C-0080 / ID 17844; C-0287 / ID 6086; several of these with BIN) .

Distribution

Eastern Cordillera of Ecuador, 1500–2700 m.