Opoptera fruhstorferi ( Röber, 1896 ), Rober, 1896

Penz, Carla M., 2009, The phylogeny of Opoptera butterflies, and an assessment of the systematic position of O. staudingeri (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 1985, pp. 1-20 : 11

Opoptera fruhstorferi ( Röber, 1896)

( Fig. 1 C, 2C, 4C, 5C, 6C)

Type locality. Brazil (Santa Catarina).

Diagnosis. Male FW length range 37.5– 38 mm (based on specimens in Appendix 1). Wings with dark brown background. FW with a conspicuous, broad, white postmedial band and three subapical white spots. HW with a faded submarginal band. Males have a HW discal cell hairpencil and a scent-pocket. Ventral HW with a faded white postmedial band distal to the eyespots. Male genitalia more delicate than those of O. syme and O. sulcius . Females similar to, but paler than males dorsally.

Distribution. Brazil, São Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul ( Testón & Corseuil 2002, Uehara-Prado et al. 2004).

Remarks. Casagrande (2004) lists no subspecies for O. fruhstorferi .

Figures

FIGURE 1. Opoptera adult males, dorsal side on the left, ventral side on the right. Scale bar next to A = 1 cm. (A) syme, Brazil, São Paulo. (B) sulcius, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Taió. (C) fruhstorferi, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Taió. (D) aorsa, Brazil, Paraná, Toledo. (E) hilaris, Middle Ecuador. (F) staudingeri, Costa Rica, Heredia, Puerto Viejo. (G) arsippe, Peru, Chuchurras. (H) bracteolata, Bolivia. Schematic representation and photographic detail of the HW discal cell region showing male sent organs. Venation terminology is given in I. Dashed lines represent the scent-pocket next to vein Cu 2. (I) sulcius, Brazil, Santa Catarina, Taió; note thin hairpencil inserted into scent-pocket. (J) hilaris, Bolivia; note the three hairbrushes. (K) staudingeri, note the broad hairbrush inside discal cell. (L) arsippe, Peru, Chuchurras; note the open scent organ and long HW discal cell hairbrush.