Hiding behind gaudy looks, a new central American species of Phareas (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae)

Nick V. Grishin; Daniel H. Janzen; Winnie Hallwachs

doi:10.18473/lepi.v67i3.a3

Hiding behind gaudy looks, a new central American species of Phareas (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae)

Nick V. Grishin, Daniel H. Janzen, Winnie Hallwachs

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Abstract

A new species of Plumas is described from Costa Rica and Panama. Phareas burnsi Grishin, sp. nov. differs from its South American sister species, Phareas coeleste Weshvood, 1852, by wing patterns, which were quantified and revealed two clusters with a profound hiatus between them; male secondary sexual characters on hindwing; female genitalia, mostly in the depth of distal notch on lamella postvaginalis; and mitochondrial DNA sequences showing about 4.5% divergence in the COI barcode. Unexpectedly large individual variation in the shape of the Phareas male genitalic valvae is illustrated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	161-174
Number of pages	14
Journal	Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society
Volume	67
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.18473/lepi.v67i3.a3
State	Published - Aug 29 2013

Keywords

Area de Conservación Guanacaste
Biodiversity
Caterpillars
Cryptic species
Skipper butterflies

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Ecology
Animal Science and Zoology

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