Punargentus gustavi ( Staudinger, 1898 ) (Satyrus)

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 : 65

Punargentus gustavi ( Staudinger, 1898) (Satyrus) , n. comb.

( Figs. 11 E, F; 29)

Lectotype: (male) leg. Gustav Garlepp, MFN (Berlin) (Photo examined) Type location: Sajama, Bolivia, 4000 m.

= Cosmosatyrus chiliensis f. sajama Weymer, 1911

Holotype: unknown

Type location: Sajama, Bolivia

= Punargentus penai Hayward, 1967

Holotype: (male) 11 Dec. 1965, leg. Luis E. Peña (Peña collection) (not examined)

Type location: Alto Pajonales, Antofagasta Province, Chile, 4700 m. Other combinations:

Argyrophorus monticolens gustavi — Heimlich (1972)

Argyrophorus penai —Peña & Ugarte (1997, p. 275)

Distribution. Occurs in the high paramo (> 4000m.) of southern Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile and Argentina ( Fig. 29).

Remarks. Material was unavailable for detailed study, but the species’ morphology and distribution and has lately been reviewed by Cerdeña et al. (2014). The forewings appear to be more pointed than other species of Punargentus , with the outer margin evenly curved so that there is hardly an “angle” at the anal angle ( Fig. 11 E, F). The dorsal surface of both wings may exhibit silver scales or be predominantly brown. The unpupillated ocellus between forewing M1-M2 typical of the genus is present, as are the lentuicular submarginal yellow streaks on the ventral surfaces of both wings.

Etymology. Named for its collector, Gustav Garlepp (Peña & Ugarte, 1997).

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).