Considerations on the Systematics of Neotropical Pierina, with the Description of Two New Species of Phulia Herrich-Schäffer from the Peruvian Andes (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae, Pierini)
2022; Springer Nature; Volume: 51; Issue: 6 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/s13744-022-00999-y
ISSN1678-8052
AutoresTomasz W. Pyrcz, Keith R. Willmott, Gerardo Lamas, Pierre Boyer, Klaudia Florczyk, Christer Fåhraeus, Oscar Mahecha-J., José Cerdeña, Artur Mrozek, Jackie Farfán, Anna Zubek,
Tópico(s)Species Distribution and Climate Change
ResumoA comparative analysis of high-Andean Pierina was carried out, including a total of 25 species. Based on morphological evidence, with an emphasis on venation and genitalia and molecular data, using three genetic markers, we confirm the recent subjective synonymy of the generic names Tatochila Butler, 1870, Piercolias, Staudinger, 1894, Hypsochila Ureta, 1955, Infraphulia Field, 1958, Pierphulia Field, 1958, and Theochila Field, 1958 with Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867. Two new species are described, namely Phulia stoddardi Pyrcz & Cerdeña n. sp., from the Andes of Central Peru, which occurs at an unusually high altitude of close to 5000 m a.s.l. in dry puna habitat, and Phulia phantasma Lamas, Willmott & Boyer n. sp., from dry montane forests in northern Peru and southern Ecuador. An overview of high-elevation butterflies is presented, with some discussion on adaptations to this environment.
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