Punargentus blanchardii celendini Pyrcz & Wojtusiak 2010 (Argyrophorus)

Matz, Jess & Brower, Andrew V. Z., 2016, The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes, Zootaxa 4125 (1), pp. 1-108 : 63

Punargentus blanchardii celendini Pyrcz & Wojtusiak 2010 (Argyrophorus) comb. nov.

Holotype (male) MUSM, Lima (Photo examined).

Type locality: Peru, Dept. Cajamarca, Celendín, Sucre, S06°54’02” / W78°07’36” 2650–2750 m., 17 June 1998.

Distribution. Peruvian altiplano ( Fig. 29).

Remarks. These two taxa were recently described thoroughly and illustrated by Pyrcz & Wojtusiak (2010). As discussed above, under Argyrophorus , Punargentus is phylogenetically distinct from Agryrophorus. Pyrcz & Wojtusiak did not indicate a sister-taxon relationship between P. blanchardii and any other species, but the more rounded wing shape and pattern of forewing ocelli are very similar to P. lamna and P. angusta . Biogeographically, all three of these species are high Andean puna inhabitants. We note that unlike other Punargentus species, P. blanchardii exhibits a pupillated apical ocellus on the FWV ( Fig. 11 C).

Figures

FIGURE 11. Composite habitus images of Punargentus species. The left side of each specimen is the dorsal surface, the right side is the ventral surface. A: Punargentus lamna (Thieme, 1904) male (MZUJ); B: Punargentus angusta picota (Fuchs, 1954) male, Pampa Galeras, Ayacucho, Peru, 4200 m (photo reproduced from Cerdeña et al. 2014, open access); C: Punargentus blanchardii blanchardii (Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 2010) n. comb. holotype male (photo reproduced from Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 2010, open access); D: Punargentus monticolens (Butler, 1881) n. comb. male (MZUJ); E, F: Punargentus gustavi (Staudinger, 1898) n. comb., two specimens from Tacna Prov., Peru showing variability in the degree of silver scaling on the dorsal surface (photos reproduced from Cerdeña et al., 2014, open access); G, H: Punargentus chiliensis chiliensis (Guérin-Méneville, [1830) n. comb. male (G) and female (H) (MZUJ).