Yphthimoides bella Barbosa and Freitas, 2015

Barbosa, Eduardo P., Silva, Ana K., Paluch, Márlon, Azeredo-Espin, Ana Maria L. & Freitas, André V. L., 2015, Uncovering the hidden diversity of the Neotropical butterfly genus Yphthimoides Forster (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): description of three new species based on morphological and molecular data, Organisms Diversity & Evolution (New York, N. Y.) 15 (3), pp. 577-589 : 583

Yphthimoides bella Barbosa and Freitas , new species

Diagnosis. Y. bella has a ventral wing pattern that resembles Yphthimoides yphthima (C. Felder and R. Felder, 1867) and Yphthimoides pacta (Weymer, 1911) , but it can be easily distinguished from these two species by the presence of conspicuous black ocellar marks on the DFW (absent in both Y. yphthima and Y. pacta ). The male genitalia of Y. bella is also quite distinct from Y. yphthima and Y. pacta , being similar (although distinct) to Yphthimoides celmis (Godart, [1824]) ( Figs. 5 and 6 ).

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Fig. 5 Yphthimoides bella. a Holotype male, dorsal view. b The same, ventral view. c Allotype female, dorsal view. d The same, ventral view

Fig. 6 Yphthimoides bella, male genitalia. a Lateral view. b Dorsal view. c Ventral view. d Edeagus (dorsal view). e Edeagus (lateral view)