Bia rebeli cuprea Penz & Casagrande

Penz, Carla M., Casagrande, Mirna M., Devries, Phil & Simonsen, Thomas J., 2017, Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 4258 (3), pp. 201-237 : 220

Bia rebeli cuprea Penz & Casagrande , NEW SSP.

( Figs 7 a–c, 10j, 12)

Diagnostic description. Defined by the following combination of characters: (1) MF DFW white apical ocelli small. (2) MF DFW orange band wide, orange scales extended proximally along veins, including the anterior tip of discal cell. (3) M DFW iridescent band absent or barely visible at tornus only. F DFW iridescent band shorter, more diffuse and narrower than that of actorion , especially noticeable below CuA2 where the iridescence is less extended towards the tornus. (4) DFW androconial organ on Cu-CuA2 pale, contrasting scale color of surrounding area. (5) M DHW discal androconial pad cream-colored. (6) M DHW discal hairpencil pale brown to cream-colored. (7) F VFW ripple pattern usually slightly less dense than that of M, with the VFW postmedial area showing a more predominantly yellow color.

Etymology. Cuprum is the Latin word for copper, which is used in reference to the fact that males of rebeli cuprea lack blue iridescence, being only orange and brown dorsally.

Type material. Holotype M ( Fig. 7 a), deposited in the DZUP collection, five labels separated by // and transcribed verbatim: HOLOTYPUS // Comunidade Paxiúba , Rio Abacaxis , Borba, Amaz [onas], 2–4-VI -2008, 4°28’48’’S 58°34’24’’ Mielke & Casagrande leg. // gen.[itália] prep.[arada] Casagrande, 2011 // DZ 16.378 // Holotypus Bia rebeli cuprea Penz & Casagrande, 2017 . Paratypes are listed in Appendix, and Fig. 7 b–c show paratypes F and M.

Distribution and examined specimens. Fig. 12 and Appendix.

Remarks. Eurides Furtado (private collection, Appendix) provided photographs of two females seemingly of rebeli cuprea from Brazil, Amazonas, Maués (Penera River). Note that the examined material includes one male and two females from the Amazonian municipality of Manacapuru, which extends north and south of the Solimões River . Although we find it less likely that B. rebeli cuprea was collected north of the Solimões, this should be confirmed in future fieldwork.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Adults in dorsal and ventral views. Taxon names appear below each set. Bia rebeli cuprea Penz & Casagrande, new ssp.: a, male holotype Brazil, Amazonas, Borba (DZUP), note that dorsal anterior hairpencil has been removed from the left HW but that of the right HW can be seen in Fig. 10 j; b, female paratype, Brazil, Amazonas, Borba (DZUP); c, male paratype, Brazil, Tapajós, Monte Christo (CMNH). Bia rebeli tapajos Penz & Simonsen, new ssp.: d, male holotype, Brazil, Pará, Belterra, Flona Tapajós (DZUP); e, male paratype, Brazil, Pará, Santarém (CMNH); f, female, Brazil, Tocantins, Ilha do Bananal (DZUP).

FIGURE 12. Map showing collection localities of Bia species and subspecies (see Appendix). Some close localities are represented by one single dot. Dubious label data, localities that could not be accurately identified or were incomplete (e. g., Brazil, Pará) were not placed on map.