Telemiades epicalus, Hubner, 1819

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4721 (1), pp. 1-111 : 48-49

“ epicalus group”

Species included:

Telemiades choricus (Schaus, 1902)

Telemiades epicalus Hübner, [1819] phasias Hewitson, 1867 (Eudamus) arcturus Herrich–Schäffer, 1869 (Telemiades)

potomoni Ehrmann, 1907 (Eumesia) diores Mabille & Boullet, 1912 (Telemiades) var. obscurus Mabille & Boullet, 1912 ( Telemiades diores ) punctatus Mabille & Boullet, 1917 (Echelatus) syn. nov., comb. nov. crameri Evans, 1953 , nom. nud.

Telemiades sila Evans, 1953

Telemiades dawkinsi Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande , sp. nov.

Telemiades warreni Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande , sp. nov.

Telemiades mielkei Siewert & Casagrande , sp. nov.

The “ epicalus group” is composed of six species recognized by the following characters: ground color yellowish in males and dark brown with purple reflections in females; uncus long, with same size or longer than tegumen; costa of the valva covered by small spines on internal margin; valva with dorso–distal margin in a triangular process, similar as a spine; valva with distal margin rounded and serrated; aedeagus slightly sinuous laterally; lamella anteveginalis triangular, twive as long as wide; dusctus bursae dilatated and striated near corpus bursae.