修订的蓝紫/玫瑰色 Cithaerias/蝴蝶（鳞翅目，蛱蝶科，弄蝶亚科）的物种定义和命名法。

Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias/ butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae).

机构信息

Department of Biological Sciences, University of New Orleans, 2000 Lakeshore Dr. New Orleans, LA 70148, USA. Courtesy Curator, Department of Natural History, Florida Museum of Natural History.

出版信息

Zootaxa. 2021 Apr 19;4963(2):zootaxa.4963.2.3. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3.

DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4963.2.3

PMID:33903552

Abstract

This study reassesses the taxonomic status of Neotropical blue and purple/rose-colored Cithaerias butterflies, thus complementing a previous study of the rose-colored species. Based on comparative study of wing coloration and genitalia morphology, I revise species definitions and the taxonomic status of: Cithaerias andromeda, C. azurina STAT. REV., C. esmeralda STAT. REV., C. bandusia STAT. REV., C. pyropina, and C. songoana STAT. REV. Photographs of adults and illustrations of male and female genitalia are provided for all species. Of particular importance are the genitalia illustrations of male and female C. azurina, presented here for the first time, as well as finding a putative first female of Ecuadorean subspecies C. pyropina julia.

摘要

本研究重新评估了新热带地区蓝色和紫色/玫瑰色 Cithaerias 蝴蝶的分类地位，从而补充了之前对玫瑰色物种的研究。基于对翅膀颜色和生殖器形态的比较研究，我修订了物种定义和分类地位：Cithaerias andromeda、C. azurina STAT. REV.、C. esmeralda STAT. REV.、C. bandusia STAT. REV.、C. pyropina 和 C. songoana STAT. REV.。为所有物种提供了成虫照片和雄性和雌性生殖器插图。特别重要的是雄性和雌性 C. azurina 的生殖器插图，这是首次呈现，此外还发现了厄瓜多尔亚种 C. pyropina julia 的可能第一只雌性。