Pierella hyalinus (Gmelin, 1790)

Paluch, Márlon, Zacca, Thamara, Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2015, A new subspecies of Pierella lena (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in northeastern Brazil, Florida Entomologist 98 (3), pp. 916-916 : 916-

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1653/024.098.0316

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11547573

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/557487A4-AC74-FF94-FE42-0B3440DABFB2

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Pierella hyalinus
status

 

Identification key to adults of Pierella hyalinus View in CoL and Pierella lena View in CoL in South America

1.— DHW without a sickle projection in M 3 outer margin. Marginal region darker with steely blue and purple reflections, and several white spots. Female might present a subapical dark spot in M 1 –M 2 in DFW with variable size..................... 2 (subspecies of P. lena View in CoL )

1’.— DHW with M 3 prolonged forming a sickle projection in outer margin. Marginal region with bluish scales................. P. hyalinus View in CoL 2.— DHW Androconial patch very conspicuous with golden yellow scales....................................................... 3

2’.— DHW Androconial patch inconspicuous with golden yellow scales surrounded by black scales.................................. 4

3.— DHW marginal region with 3 conspicuous white spots in M 2 –M 3, M 3 –CuA 1, and CuA 1 –CuA 2 with a few purple bluish scales................................................................ P. lena lena View in CoL ( PERU; BRAZIL, Roraima, Amazonas, Acre, Rondônia, and Pará)

3’.— DHW marginal region with 3 small white spots surrounded by purple scales in M 2 –M 3, M 3 –CuA 1, and CuA 1 –CuA 2 .................................................................................................... P. lena atlantica ssp. nov. ( BRAZIL, Bahia)

4.— DHW marginal region with 3 conspicuous blue spots with white scales in central area in M 2 –M 3, M 3 –CuA 1, and CuA 1 –CuA 2 .............................................................................. P. lena brasiliensis ( ECUADOR; PERU; BRAZIL, Amazonas)

4’.— DHW marginal region with 3 small blue spots in M 2 –M 3, M 3 –CuA 1, and CuA 1 –CuA 2 ....................... P. lena salma ( COLOMBIA)

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Nymphalidae

Genus

Pierella

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