Opsiphanes badius Stichel, 1902

Piovesan, Mônica, Casagrande, Mirna Martins & Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, 2022, Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa 5216 (1), pp. 1-278 : 125

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Opsiphanes badius Stichel, 1902 View in CoL stat. rest.

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Diagnosis. Opsiphanes badius stat. rest. differs from Opsiphanes quirinus stat. rest. and Opsiphanes quiteria , the closest related species, in having the DFW with a narrower and uneven oblique band, visibly interrupted on CuA 2 - 2A, a character evident in males. No significant differences were found between females of Opsiphanes badius stat. rest. and Opsiphanes quirinus stat. rest., except in genetic distance and geographic distribution. The female of Opsiphanes badius stat. rest. is also similar to the female of Opsiphanes quiteria quirinalis in the DFW whitish oblique band, but differs from Opsiphanes quiteria quirinalis in the DHW rusty red color in the postdiscal region, between M 2 and CuA 2 ( Figs 107a View FIGURE 107 , 108a View FIGURE 108 ). Molecular analyses recovered Opsiphanes badius stat. rest. as closely related to Opsiphanes quirinus stat. rest. and Opsiphanes quiteria ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ) (genetic distance 1.6–2.4% and 1.9–2.5%, respectively).

Male genitalia. Tegumen in dorsal view with anterior margin slightly rounded, wider than the posterior margin; anterior projection of saccus in lateral view almost twice as long as dorsal arms of saccus ( Fig. 115 View FIGURE 115 ).

Female genitalia. Lamella antevaginalis membranous medially and sclerotized laterally; lamella postvaginalis hexagonal, practically the same size as the ostium; ostium with weaker sclerotization than lamella ante and postvaginalis; corpus bursae with two dense parallel signa ( Fig. 116 View FIGURE 116 ).

Variation. Subspecies vary in the following characters: DFW, the width, length, and color of the oblique band. VFW, the EIII submarginal line may or may not reach CuA 2. VHW, size of the eyespot between Sc+R 1 and M 1, and the width of its dark-brown ring; postdiscal region with or without small light-brown spots between M 1 and CuA 1 ( Figs 107–114 View FIGURE 107 View FIGURE 108 View FIGURE 109 View FIGURE 110 View FIGURE 111 View FIGURE 112 View FIGURE 113 View FIGURE 114 ).