Eretris encycla encycla

Viloria, Angel L., Pyrcz, Tomasz W. & Orellana, Andrés, 2010, A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa, Zootaxa 2622, pp. 1-41 : 9

Eretris encycla encycla (C. & R. Felder)

( Figs. 44 , 45 , 56)

Pronophila encycla C. & R. Felder, 1867: 472. Syntype (male) in BMNH, Lectotype designated by Pyrcz & Viloria (2007) [examined].

Eretris rubricaria Thieme, 1905: 134 , pl. 3, fig. 40. Whereabouts of types unknown. Synonymy to be established by Pyrcz et al. (in prep.).

Geographic range: Species: CC, CM, SP [?], WC, CCC [?] and northern EC; Subspecies: SL southern slopes.

Altitudinal range: 1850–2000 as E. calisto ( Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 1999) ; 1700–2400 m in CC; 1700–2200 m.

Remarks: This is a polytypic species with several subspecies distributed in the CM, western Colombia and Ecuador. It was previously confused with E. calisto (C. & R. Felder) ( Adams & Bernard, 1981), which occurs on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru (Pyrcz, 2004). E. encycla and E. calisto are not known to be sympatric. The two have closely similar color patterns, but E. calisto is recognized by the usually wide brick-red or orange suffusion of the HWV, whereas in E. encycla the HWV is all shades of brown. E. encycla is also similar to E. agata Pyrcz described recently from the Guyana Shield ( Pyrcz & Fratello, 2005). The generic taxonomy of Eretris has been discussed in more detail recently in a paper dedicated to the description of E. julieta Pyrcz & Gareca , another related species found in Bolivia ( Pyrcz & Gareca, 2009). E. encycla is a common species in the SL, and similarly to S. bega , it is very fond of hot, sandy places on forest trails and road.

Material examined: DISTRITO FEDERAL: 1 male: P. N. Avila, Río Catuche, 1200 m, 07.XI.1993, TWP; MIRANDA: 2 males: Pico Naiguatá, N. of Caracas, 1900 m, 15.V.1975, M. Adams leg., BMNH; ARAGUA: 1 male: Rancho Grande, VIII.1985, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 2 males: Colonia Tovar, vía Gavantes, 1900–1950 m, 25.IV.2004, M. Costa leg., TWP; 1 male and 1 female: Colonia Tovar, Los Colonos, 2050– 2100 m, 05.VIII.2003, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 6 males: Colonia Tovar, vía Naranjal, 1700–1800 m, 30.XI.2004, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 1 male: Colonia Tovar, Capachal, 2050–2100 m, 02.VIII.2003, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 10 males and 1 female: Colonia Tovar, Los Colonos, 2050–2100 m, 05.VIII.2003, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 6 males: same data but 06.VIII.2003, TWP; 1 female: Colonia Tovar, 2100 m, 11.XI.1997, P. Boyer leg., TWP; 2 females: Colonia Tovar, Los Colonos, 2100 m, 22.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., MZUJ; 1 male: carretera Maracay- Choroní, 1510 m, VIII.1975, F. Romero leg., FRR; 1 male: same data but 1450 m, II.1978, FRR; 1 male: same data but 1550 m, XI.1978, FRR; 1 female: Road to Choroni, N. of Maracay, 1600 m, 25.V.1975, M. Adams leg., BMNH.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 44. Adult satyrine butterflies from the Cordillera de La Costa, Venezuela (left: dorsal, right: ventral); 37. Corades enyo enyo Hewitson (male, Los Colonos); 38. C. enyo enyo Hewitson (Los Colonos); 39. Corades medeba pittieri Pyrcz & Viloria n. ssp., HOLOTYPE (male, vía Naranjal); 40. C. medeba pittieri Pyrcz & Viloria n. ssp., PARATYPE (female, vía Naranjal); 41. Corades pannonia pannonia Hewitson (male, vía Naranjal); 42. C. pannonia pannonia Hewitson (female, Colonia Tovar); 43. Manerebia mycalesoides (C. & R. Felder) (male, Sector El Tigre); 44. M. mycalesoides (C. & R. Felder) (female, Sector El Tigre).

FIGURES 45 – 54. Adult satyrine butterflies from the Cordillera de La Costa, Venezuela (left: dorsal, right: ventral); 45. Eretris encycla encycla (C. & R. Felder) (male, vía Capachal); 46. E. encycla encycla (C. & R. Felder) (female, vía Capachal); 47. Eretris neocycla Pyrcz & Viloria n. sp., HOLOTYPE (male, vía Naranjal); 48. E. neocycla Pyrcz & Viloria n. sp., PARATYPE (female, Cuesta Puerto Maya); 49. Lymanopoda obsoleta (Westwood) (male, Colonia Tovar); 50. L. obsoleta (Westwood) (female, Colonia Tovar); 51. Lymanopoda caucana Weymer (male, Cerro San Isidro); 52. L. caucana Weymer (female, Cerro San Isidro); 53. Steroma bega bega Westwood (male, Colonia Tovar); 54. S. bega bega Westwood (female, Colonia Tovar).