Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood)

Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J. & Penz, Carla M., 2009, Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack, Zootaxa 2134, pp. 1-22 : 3

Dynastor macrosiris (Westwood)

( Fig. 1 C–D, 8G)

Diagnosis: Both sexes can be recognized by four characters: (1) dorsal FW postmedial band continuous from costal margin to cell M2, stopping at M3 or Cu1; (2) dorsal HW postmedial band absent; (3) ventral FW with large yellow and green eyespots in cells M1 and M2; (4) conspicuous ripple-pattern ventrally on both wings. Distribution: Central and northern South America, French Guiana, Colombia, Bolivia, Guatemala ( Casagrande 2004). There are records of D. macrosiris in high elevations sites in Colombia and Ecuador ( Moss 1935). It would be interesting to compare specimens collected in high versus lower elevations.

Subspecies: Casagrande (2004) listed four subspecies: nominal macrosiris (type locality: French Guiana), hannibal Oberthür ( Colombia), pharnaces Stichel ( Bolivia), and strix (Bates) ( Guatemala). Examined males from El Salvador and French Guiana differ in both wing color and genitalia, and work in progress will address this issue.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dynastor species in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. (A) Male D. napoleon from Santa Catarina (Brazil). (B) Female D, napoleon from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). (C & D) Male and female D. macrosiris from French Guiana and Mexico, respectively. (E & F) Male and female D. darius from São Paulo (Brazil).