Bia rebeli tapajos Penz & Simonsen

Penz, Carla M., Casagrande, Mirna M., Devries, Phil & Simonsen, Thomas J., 2017, Documenting diversity in the Amazonian butterfly genus Bia (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), Zootaxa 4258 (3), pp. 201-237 : 220

Bia rebeli tapajos Penz & Simonsen , NEW SSP.

( Figs 7 d–f, 12)

Diagnostic description. Defined by the following combination of characters: (1) MF DFW white apical ocelli medium-small. (2) MF DFW orange band moderately wide (in one specimen from Santarém, this band is quite wide, reaching the discal cell); in the M orange scales somewhat extended proximally along veins. (3) M DFW iridescent band from anal margin to approximately half of the CuA2 cell, usually with discrete edges, but in some specimens the iridescence fades anteriorly towards CuA2. F DFW iridescent band more diffuse and narrower than that of actorion , especially noticeable below CuA2 where the iridescence is less extended towards the tornus. (4) M DFW androconial organ on Cu-CuA2 pale, contrasting scale color of surrounding area. (5) DHW discal androconial pad usually cream, sometimes light brown. (6) DHW discal hairpencil cream to light brown. (7) F VFW ripple pattern similar to that of M.

Etymology. This subspecies is named after the Tapajós, indigenous people from the Amazonian region.

Type material. Holotype M ( Fig. 7 d), deposited in the DZUP collection, four labels separated by // and transcribed verbatim: HOLOTYPUS // Brazil, Pará, Belterra , 02°51’03.8”S 54°57’24.9”W, A.L.Lopes leg. // DZUP 32.933 // Holotypus Bia rebeli tapajos Penz & Simonsen, 2017 . Paratypes are listed in Appendix, and Fig. 7 e shows a paratype M.

Distribution and examined specimens. Fig. 12 and Appendix.

Remarks. Two females from Brazil, Tocantins, Ilha do Bananal were tentatively identified as rebeli tapajos based on locality, given that no corresponding males have been collected in that area.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Adults in dorsal and ventral views. Taxon names appear below each set. Bia rebeli cuprea Penz & Casagrande, new ssp.: a, male holotype Brazil, Amazonas, Borba (DZUP), note that dorsal anterior hairpencil has been removed from the left HW but that of the right HW can be seen in Fig. 10 j; b, female paratype, Brazil, Amazonas, Borba (DZUP); c, male paratype, Brazil, Tapajós, Monte Christo (CMNH). Bia rebeli tapajos Penz & Simonsen, new ssp.: d, male holotype, Brazil, Pará, Belterra, Flona Tapajós (DZUP); e, male paratype, Brazil, Pará, Santarém (CMNH); f, female, Brazil, Tocantins, Ilha do Bananal (DZUP).

FIGURE 12. Map showing collection localities of Bia species and subspecies (see Appendix). Some close localities are represented by one single dot. Dubious label data, localities that could not be accurately identified or were incomplete (e. g., Brazil, Pará) were not placed on map.