Daedalma dinias romeliana Pyrcz, 2011

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Greeney, Harold F., Willmott, Keith R. & Wojtusiak, Janusz, 2011, 2898, Zootaxa 2898, pp. 1-68 : 12

Daedalma dinias romeliana Pyrcz , n. ssp.

( Figs. 1D, 8D)

Material examined: COLOMBIA: HOLOTYPE male: Cauca, Parque Nacional Munchique, La Romelia vía Pico Santa Rosa ; 2800 m, 18.VIII.2007, C. Prieto leg., red, rectangular label saying : Holotype, MZUJ (to be deposited in MHN-UNC) . PARATYPES (5 males): 1 male: same data as the holotype, TWP ; 1 male: same data, CPC ; 2 males: Cauca, P. N. Munchique, La Romelia , 2760 m, 11.VI.2006, C. Prieto leg. ; 1 male: same data but 17.IX.2005, CPC . Additional material: 1 male: Valle, P. N. Farallones, Pico de Loro , 2800 m, 02.VII.2006, C. Prieto & C. Muñoz leg., CPC .

Description: MALE ( Fig. 1D): Head, thorax and abdomen: not differing from nominate subspecies. Wings: FW length: 26–27 mm, mean: 26.5 mm, n=2. FWD ground colour blackish-brown; oblique patch orange, similar to salmoni but slightly larger, particularly wider in middle, extending to base of vein Cu2 where forming a short tip. HWD uniform blackish brown. FWV median patch orange, lighter than on dorsal surface, but similar in shape. HWV not differing noticeably from salmoni. Genitalia ( Fig. 8D): Tegumen stout; uncus stout and about length of tegumen; saccus long but shorter than in other subspecies except nominate; a prominent apical tooth on valvae curved apically, contrary to other subspecies, in which it is pointing upwards.

FEMALE: Unknown.

Etymology: This subspecies is named after the type locality, La Romelia in Munchique National Park.

Remarks: This subspecies is only known to occur in the southern part of the Colombian Western Cordillera. It has been collected in the department of Cauca, where it is found at the highest elevations (above 2600 m) of Munchique National Park ( Prieto, 2003). Specimens from further north, mentioned by Pyrcz & Rodríguez (2007), are referable to salmoni but were not included in the type series. Daedalma dinias romeliana differs very slightly in facies from salmoni, mostly in the slightly wider FW orange patch. However, the Munchique and Medellín-Caldas populations cannot be considered as belonging to the same subspecies, as they are separated geographically by leticia, which is characterised by the noticeably smaller orange FWD patch.