Pampasatyrus gorkyi Pyrcz, Cerdeña and Zacca, 2014

Matz, Jess & Brower, Andrew V. Z., 2016, The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes, Zootaxa 4125 (1), pp. 1-108 : 57

Pampasatyrus gorkyi Pyrcz, Cerdeña and Zacca, 2014

( Figs. 9 D; 19A, B; 28)

Holotype: (male) MUSM Lima, 27 Sept. 2001, leg. G. Valencia (photo examined)

Type location: Rio Ccorcca, Cusco, Peru, S13°35’ W72°04’, 3600 m.

Distribution. Recorded from two high elevation altiplano sites in Cusco Province, Peru ( Fig. 28 ).

Diagnosis. A loose translation of the diagnosis is included here, along with images of the holotype habitus and genitalia ( Figs 9 D; 19A, B), but the reader should consult the original publication for additional details. Closely related to P. nilesi , but considerably smaller. Grayish brown instead of nut brown, with smaller subapical ocelli. Males lack the third ocellus in CuA1-CuA2 on the dorsal and sometimes ventral surfaces, and both sexes have a suffusion of silver scales in the dorsal forewing that is never present in P. nilesi . On the ventral hindwings the postdiscal spots are larger than those of P. nilesi .

Remarks. This species was lately described in Cerdeña et al. (2014), as a close relative of P. nilesi .

Figures

FIGURE 9. Composite habitus images of Pampasatyrus species. The left side of each specimen is the dorsal surface, the right side is the ventral surface. A: Pampasatyrus gyrtone (Berg, 1877) male (BMNH # 809453); B: Pampasatyrus edmondsii (Butler, 1881) n. comb. male (MZUJ); C: Pampasatyrus glaucope (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) male (BMNH # 789978); D: Pampasatryrus gorkyi Pyrcz, Cerdeña and Zacca, 2014 holotype male (scale bar = 1 cm; reproduced from Cerdeña et al., 2014, open access); E: Pampasatyrus nilesi (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) male (MZUJ); F: Pampasatyrus quies (Berg, 1877) male (MZUJ).

FIGURE 28. Distribution of locality records for Pampasatyrus species. Note that the locality for P. glaucope is overlain by a record for P. reticulata.