Daedalma boliviana peruviana Pyrcz

Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Greeney, Harold F., Willmott, Keith R. & Wojtusiak, Janusz, 2011, 2898, Zootaxa 2898, pp. 1-68 : 16-17

Daedalma boliviana peruviana Pyrcz

( Figs. 2E, 2F, 9E, 15B, 15C)

[ Daedalma dinias oenotria Weymer ; Hughes, 1962: 70].

[ Daedalma dinias boliviana Staudinger ; Lamas, 2003: 60, 137 (male, female dorsal)].

Daedalma boliviana peruviana Pyrcz, 2004: 509–510 , 596 (fig. 52), 508 (fig. 146).

Material examined: PERU: HOLOTYPE male: Amazonas, Rodríguez de Mendoza, El Cedro , 2200 m, 09.VIII.1994, B. Calderón leg., MUSM; 1 male: Amazonas, Rodríguez de Mendoza , El Cedro, 2200 m, 29.IX.1995, TWP; 1 male: same data but 25.IX.1998, TWP; 1 male: same data but 2000–2200 m, IX.2002, B. Calderón leg., TWP; 2 males: Pasco, vía Huancabamba, Palcamayo, 2100–2200 m, V.2003, J. Böttger leg., TWP; 1 female: Amazonas, Rodríguez de Mendoza , El Cedro, 2200 m, B. Calderón leg., TWP (all PARATYPES); 1 male: River Tabaconas , N. Peru, 6000 ft., A. E. & F. Pratt, 1912, Joicey Bequest , 1934-120, BMNH; 1 male: W. Slopes of Andes, N. Peru, 4000 ft., June , Pratt , 1912, Joicey Bequest , 1934-120, BMNH; ECUADOR: 8 males: Zamora- Chinchipe , Reserva Tapichalaca , Quebrada Honda trail, 2100–2400 m, 30.XI.2005, K. Willmott leg., FLMNH (2 to be deposited in MECN); 1 male: Zamora-Chinchipe, above Valladolid , 2000 m, 19.V.1993, A. Sourakov leg., FLMNH; 3 males: Loja, above Yangana , 2500 m, XI.2000, I. Aldaz leg., MBLI; 1 female: Zamora-Chinchipe, San Francisco , 2250–2400 m, 16.V.1996, A. Jasi ṅski leg., TWP.

Redescription. MALE ( Fig. 2E): Head, thorax and abdomen: not differing from the nominate subspecies. FWD blackish brown; a large oval orange patch extending from subcosta to vein Cu2 entering distal one third of discal cell. HWD uniform blackish brown. FWV blackish brown; the orange patch shaped as on the upperside, a shade lighter; subapical and apical areas dusted with magenta scales; two apical blackish brown dots in cells R4-R5 and R5-M1, the latter displaced basally in relation to the former. HWV pattern same as in the nominate subspecies but darker. Genitalia ( Fig. 9E): Very similar to the nominate subspecies, except distal part of valvae slightly broader.

FEMALE ( Fig. 2F): Differs from the nominate boliviana by the lighter, bright orange instead of reddish orange FW and FWV patch, and the HWD markings smaller, restricted to apical area. Genitalia ( Fig. 15B, 15C): Papillae anales small. Ventral side of ninth segment with long, parallel wrinkles. Lamella postvaginalis forming two concave plates that connect in the middle in a form of a crest. Hump on lamella postvaginalis dentate at middle. Bursa copulatrix elongated, with two narrow, ribbon-like, parallel signa consisting of minute teeth. Ductus bursae narrow, three times longer than antrum. Tergite of the eight segment and its lateral margins heavily sclerotized. The long axes of the ductus bursae and corpus bursae are aligned, whilst in the nominate subspecies the ductus bursae is curved.

Remarks: This subspecies is distributed from central Peru (Huánuco, Junín, Pasco) to southern Ecuador (Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe). It is locally rather common, and occurs in mid-elevation cloud forests, generally at 2000–2400 m.