Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907

Siewert, Ricardo Russo, Zacca, Thamara, Dias, Fernando Maia Silva, Freitas, Andre Victor Lucci, Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik & Casagrande, Mirna Martins, 2013, The " Taygetis ypthima species group " (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae): taxonomy, variation and description of a new species, ZooKeys 356, pp. 11-29 : 17-18

Taygetis rectifascia Weymer, 1907 Figs 3 A–G; 6 K–O; 7E, F

Examined material.

BRASIL - Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro - Mangaratiba - 12-VIII-1926, 1 female, D’Almeida leg., ex-coll. D’Almeida, DZ 26.426 (DZUP); Itatiaia - Parque Nacional do Itatiaia, 1200m, 25-II-1959, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex-coll. Ebert, DZ 27.490 (DZUP); 1000-1200m, 25-VII-1963, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex-coll. Ebert, DZ 26.417 (DZUP); 1100m, 4-II-1966, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex-coll. Ebert, DZ 27.469 (DZUP); 110m, 29-III-1967, Ebert leg., ex-coll. Ebert, DZ 5.502 (DZUP); 1000-1200m, 25-VII-1968, 1 male, Ebert leg., ex-coll. Ebert, DZ 27.346 (DZUP). São Paulo: Capão Bonito - Fazenda Intervales, Sede, 950m, 28-XII-1989, 1 male, Freitas leg. (ZUEC-AVLF); 30-XII-1989, 1 male, Freitas leg. (ZUEC-AVLF); 15-II-2000, 3 males and 3 females, Brown, Freitas, Francini & Uehara-Prado leg., ZUEC LEP 1.777, ZUEC LEP, 1.778, ZUEC LEP 1.779, ZUEC LEP 1.780, ZUEC LEP 1.782, ZUEC LEP 1.785 (ZUEC); 13-XII-2000, 3 males and 3 females, Brown, Freitas, Francini & Uehara-Prado leg., ZUEC LEP 4.730, ZUEC LEP 4.733,ZUEC LEP 4.734, ZUEC LEP 4.735, ZUEC LEP 4.736 (ZUEC); 5-6-XII-2001, 1 male and 4 females, Brown & Freitas leg. (ZUEC-AVLF); 17-20-I-2003, 3 males, Brown, Freitas & Uehara-Prado leg., ZUEC LEP 1.188, ZUEC LEP 1.189, ZUEC LEP 1.550 (ZUEC); Salesópolis - Estação Biológica da Boraceia, 900m, 28-IV-2006, 1 male, Uehara-Prado & Freitas leg. (ZUEC-AVLF); Paraná: Campina Grande do Sul - 13.III.1982, 2 males and 2 female, Mielke & Casagrande leg., DZ 26.430, DZ 27.519, DZ 27.532, DZ 27.534 (DZUP); Santa Catarina: Taió - I, 1 male, Pohl leg., DZ 27.382; Presidente Getúlio - Dalbérgia, 1 male, December, Pohl leg., DZ 26.425 (DZUP); São Bento do Sul - Rio Natal, IV-2012, 1 male, Rank leg., DZ 27.449 (DZUP).

Diagnosis.

Taygetis rectifascia can be distinguished from Taygetis fulginia and other species of the genus by the following combination of characters: forewing pointed at the apex; hind wing, with small projections at M3, CuA1 and CuA2; dorsal wings brown with thin suffused dark brown bands about 2 mm away from and along the outer margin; ventral hind wing with the proximal border of the submarginal band and post discal line straight and slightly irregular, sometimes forming a creamy white fascia of varying width. The base of the gnathos presents a ventral pointed projection, similar to Taygetis fulginia and Taygetis servius stat. n. The male genitalia differ from all other species discussed in the present paper by the shape of the valvar end, which is bifid and claw-shaped (presenting large intraspecific variation).

Distribution

(Fig. 8). Occurs in southeastern and southern Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná and Santa Catarina), at elevations from 300 to 1,200 m a.s.l. Based on label data, adults are present all year round.

Taxonomic comments.

Despite its superficial resemblance to Taygetis fulginia , this species presents a very distinctive genitalia. Taygetis rectifascia presents strong intraspecific variation in the wing pattern, which in the past has motivated the description of several aberrations and forms: Taygetis rectifascia ab. stigma Weymer, 1907; Taygetis rectifascia ab. latifascia Weymer, 1907 (all synonyms of Taygetis rectifascia ) ( Warren et al. 2013). Taygetis epithyma Forster, 1964 is a nomem nudum. The genitalia of these different phenotypes are alike the genitalia of typical Taygetis rectifascia .