Opsiphanes invirae (Hübner, [1808])

Piovesan, Mônica, Casagrande, Mirna Martins & Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, 2022, Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, Zootaxa 5216 (1), pp. 1-278 : 234

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scientific name	Opsiphanes invirae (Hübner, [1808])
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Diagnosis. Opsiphanes invirae is distinguished from Opsiphanes cuspidatus stat. nov. by the DFW with or without an isolated spot, of variable proportions, on the discal cell, and by the oblique yellow band that usually reaches 2A. In Opsiphanes invirae, FW apex less acute than in Opsiphanes cuspidatus stat. nov. ( Fig. 219a View FIGURE 219 ). The geographical distributions can also be used to separate the two species; while Opsiphanes invirae subspecies are cis-Andean, Opsiphanes cuspidatus stat. nov. subspecies are trans-Andean. Molecular analyses recovered Opsiphanes invirae as closely related to Opsiphanes cuspidatus stat. nov. ( Fig. 2 View FIGURE 2 ) (1.9–2.8% genetic distance).

Male genitalia. Tegumen in dorsal view, anterior margin with a slight concavity in the median region, wider than the posterior margin; anterior projection of saccus in lateral view almost twice as long as dorsal arms of saccus, in ventral view with tapered anterior region ( Fig. 231 View FIGURE 231 ).

Female genitalia. Lamella antevaginalis membranous medially and sclerotized laterally; lamella postvaginalis as a wide plate medially, tapering distally; ostium with weaker sclerotization than in lamella ante and postvaginalis ( Fig. 232 View FIGURE 232 ).

Variation. Subspecies vary in the following characters: VHW, size of the eyespot between Sc+R 1 and M 1, and the width of its dark-brown ring; the size and shape of the eyespot between M 3 and CuA 2; and the zigzag EII and EIII submarginal lines are not always evident ( Figs 219–230 View FIGURE 219 View FIGURE 220 View FIGURE 221 View FIGURE 222 View FIGURE 223 View FIGURE 224 View FIGURE 225 View FIGURE 226 View FIGURE 227 View FIGURE 228 View FIGURE 229 View FIGURE 230 ).