Telemiades chrysorrhoea ( Godman & Salvin, 1893 )

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2020, Taxonomic revision of the Neotropical genus Telemiades Hübner, [1819] (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae), with descriptions of fourteen new species, Zootaxa 4721 (1), pp. 1-111 : 61-62

Telemiades chrysorrhoea ( Godman & Salvin, 1893)

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Thymele chrysorrhoea Godman & Salvin, 1893 . Biol. Centr.–Amer., Lep.–Rhop. 2, p. 315, pl. 78, figs 13, 14 (male d, v); l male [holotype], Volcan de Chiriqui, Panama, Champion leg., 3000 ft.; Godman & Salvin collection.— Draudt, 1922, in Seitz. Gross–Schmett. Erde 5, p. 867.

Thymele chrysorrhaea [sic]; Mabille, 1903, in Wytsman. Gen. Ins. 17, p. 27.— Mabille & Boullet, 1912. Ann. Sc. nat., Zool., Paris, (9)16: 105, 108.

Telegonus chrysorrhaea [sic]; Shepard, 1931. Lep. Cat. 47, p. 72.

(no genus) chrysorrhoea ; Beattie, 1976. Rhop. Direct., p. 116.

Telemiades chrysorrhoea ; Evans, 1953. Cat. Amer. Hesp. 3, p. 25 [as synonym from Telemiades centrites gallius ].— Burns & Janzen, 2005. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 107 (4): 777.—Miller; Janzen & Hallwachs, 2007. 100 Butterflies and Moths, p. 187, fig. 67 (larva), pl. 67 (d); biol.— Janzen et al., 2011. PLoS ONE 6 (8): 8, 9.—Garwood & Lehman, 2013. Butt. C. Amer. 3, Hesp., p. 61, figs (d, v).

Type material. Thymele chrysorrhoea Godman & Salvin, 1893 was described based on one male [holotype] from Volcan de Chiriquí [Barú], Panama. The male holotype is deposited at the NHMUK with the following labels: / Type / Type [verso from the same label:] H 194/ V[olcano]. de Chiriqui, 25–40[?] ft. Champion./ Sp. figured./ B.C.A. Lep. Rhop. Thymele chrysorrhoea , G. & S./ Godman–Salvin Coll. 1912.–23./ BMNH(E) #1236054/.

Diagnosis. FW length: males 23 mm (n=2). Telemiades chrysorrhoea is distinguished from other species of the “ centrites group” by the absence or reduction of the three apical hyaline spots in R 3 –R 4, R 4 –R 5, and R 5 –M 1 in FW.

Natural history. Janzen & Hallwachs (2009) partially illustrated the immatures stages of T. chrysorrhoea found at Area de Conservación de Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Immatures have been reported on some Fabaceae species: Inga herrerae , I. leiocalcynia , I. longispica , I. marginata , I. mortoniana , I. punctata , I. sapindoides , I. semialata , I. vera , and Zygia palmana .

Distribution. Telemiades chrysorrhoea is known only from Chiriquí, Panama, and from Conservation Area of Guanacaste, Costa Rica.

Taxonomic discussion. Thymele chrysorrhoea Godman & Salvin, 1893 was first transferred to Telegonus ( Shepard 1931) . Next, it was synonymized by Evans (1953) with Telemiades centrites gallius . This synonym was accepted until Burns & Janzen (2005), who removed T. chrysorrhoea from it and re–established the status of Telemiades gallius . The analysis of the type material of T. chrysorrhoea and Telemiades gallius reinforces the interpretation of Burns & Janzen (2005), who treated them as distinct species from T. centrites . Despite its similarity with T. gallius , T. chrysorrhoea can be easily distinguished from the former by the absence or reduction of the three apical hyaline spots in R 3 –R 4, R 4 –R 5 and R 5 –M 1 in FW and by the orange spot on the outer margin in HW. Besides morphological characters, Burns & Janzen (2005) indicated that molecular data also corroborate the distinction between the two species. Although occurring in sympatry, T. chrysorrhoea is typical of nebulous forest environments, occurring between 800–1400 m, while T. gallius is considered rare and occurs in wet forest areas between 600–900 m in the Area de Conservación de Guanacaste, Costa Rica ( Burns & Janzen 2005).

Examined material. PANAMA: Chiriqui —no specific locality, 1 male, NHMUK 010242182 * ( NHMUK). Holotype with data already mentioned.

Figures

FIGURE 214. Geographical distribution of Telemiades from the “centrites group”.

FIGURES 96–111. Species of Telemiades from the ‘centrites group’, dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. 96–97. Telemiades centrites (Hewitson, 1870), holotype male from Ecuador (BMNH(E) 1236503—NHMUK). 98–101. Telemiades chrysorrhoea (Godman & Salvin, 1893). 98–99. Male from Chiriqui, Panama (NMHUK 010242182—NHMUK). 100–101. Female from Guanacaste, Costa Rica (Available in Janzen & Hallwachs 2009). 102–105. Telemiades contra Evans, 1953. 102–103. Holotype male from Ecuador (BMNH(E) 1236501—NHMUK). 104–105. Female from Ecuador (NHMUK 010242183—NHMUK). 106–109. Telemiades gallius (Mabille, 1888). 106–107. Male from Chiriqui, Panama (OM 51.510—OM). 108–109. Female from Vale Fortuna, Panama (NHMUK 010242181—NHMUK). 110–111. Telemiades esmeraldas Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov., holotype male from Esmeraldas, Ecuador (OM 69.555—DZUP).

FIGURES 166–169. Male genitalia of Telemiades from the “centrites group”. 166. Telemiades chrysorrhoea (Godman & Salvin, 1893) (NHMUK 010242182—NHMUK). 167. Telemiades contra Evans, 1953 (BMNH 1236501—NHMUK). 168. Telemiades gallius (Mabille, 1888) (OM 41.510—OM). 169. Telemiades esmeraldas Siewert, Mielke & Casagrande, sp. nov. (OM 69.548—OM).