Opsiphanes tiberius Attal & Blandin, 2020

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Opsiphanes tiberius Attal & Blandin, 2020

Opsiphanes tiberius Attal & Blandin, 2020 . Antenor 7 (1): 21, figs 1 (male d, v), 2 (male gen.); holotype male, Venezuela, Bolívar, Uei Tepui , 05°00′06″N 60°37′37″W, 2,000 m, 19-II-2015. M. Costa leg.; MIZA.

Type material. Opsiphanes tiberius Attal & Blandin, 2020 was described based on the holotype male, deposited at the MIZA, with the following labels: / Opsiphanes tiberius Holotipo ♂ Attal & Blandin des. 2020/ VENEZU- ELA, Bolívar, Uei Tepui , 05°00′06″N 60°37′37″W, 2000 m, 19-II-2015. M. Costa./ Uei W 2000 19-II / Genit. prep. ALV565-17 Ángel L. Viloria /.

Diagnosis. Male: VFW on CuA 1 -CuA 2, near the discal cell, without the rounded yellow spot present in the other species of the “ sallei subgroup”.

Male genitalia. See Blandin et al. (2020).

Female genitalia. Unknown.

Variation. This species was described based on only one specimen.

Natural history. Unknown.

Geographic distribution. Venezuela (Uei Tepui).

Temporal distribution. February.

Etymology. Tribute to Tiberius Julius Caesar.

Specimens examined. See Blandin et al. (2020).

5. “ quiteria subgroup”

Species included:

13. Opsiphanes badius Stichel, 1902 stat. rest.

a) Opsiphanes badius badius Stichel, 1902 stat. rest.

Opsiphanes tamarindi corrosus f. pseudospadix Strand, 1916

b) Opsiphanes badius angostura Bristow, 1979 stat. nov.

c) Opsiphanes badius cauca Röber, 1906 stat. rest.

Opsiphanes quiteria augeias Fruhstorfer, 1912

14. Opsiphanes quirinus Godman & Salvin, 1881 stat. rest.

Opsiphanes quiteria panamensis DeVries, 1987 nom. nud.

Opsiphanes quiteria talamancensis Bristow, 1991 syn. nov.

15. Opsiphanes quiteria (Stoll, 1780)

a) Opsiphanes quiteria quiteria (Stoll, 1780)

Opsiphanes quiteria quaestor Stichel, 1902 syn. nov.

Opsiphanes quiteria bolivianus Stichel, 1902 syn. nov.

Opsiphanes quiteria mylasa Fruhstorfer, 1907 nom. nud.

Opsiphanes quiteria mylasa Fruhstorfer, 1907

Opsiphanes quiteria obidonus Fruhstorfer, 1907 nom. nud.

Opsiphanes quiteria obidonus Fruhstorfer, 1907

Opsiphanes quiteria cardenasi Bristow, 1991 syn. nov.

b) Opsiphanes quiteria meridionalis Staudinger, 1887

Opsiphanes quiteria philon Fruhstorfer, 1907

Opsiphanes quiteria oresbios Fruhstorfer, 1912

Opsiphanes quiteria var. obidonoides Breyer, 1939

c) Opsiphanes quiteria quirinalis Staudinger, 1887

Opsiphanes quiteria phylas Fruhstorfer, 1912 syn. nov.

Opsiphanes erebus Röber, 1927 syn. rest.

Diagnosis. The molecular analyses, without data for Opsiphanes mutatus Stichel, 1902 and Opsiphanes tiberius Attal & Blandin, 2020 , recovered the “ quiteria subgroup” as closely related to the “ sallei subgroup” (SH-aLRT 99.3 / UFBoot 100) ( Fig. 2 ). The species of these subgroups share the following characters: dark-brown ground color. HW with crenulated outer margin. DHW with submarginal band. VHW with a marbled color pattern; eyespot between Sc+R 1 and M 1 with a dark-brown outline, usually more marked inferiorly and distally. However, in all species of the “ quiteria subgroup”, the VFW lacks the following character: on CuA 1 -CuA 2, near the discal cell, a generally rounded yellow spot that occupies almost the entire space, whereas this character is present in the “ sallei subgroup” except in Opsiphanes tiberius ( Fig. 109a ).

Figures

FIGURE 2. Phylogenetic tree (Maximum Likelihood) inferred with IQ-TREE based on six molecular markers: cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) (mitochondrial), elongation factor 1-alpha (EF-1α), ribosomal protein S5 (RpS5), wingless (wg), Car- bamoylphosphate synthase domain protein (CAD), Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) (nuclear), rooted in Catoblepia amphirhoe (Hübner, [1825]). Asterisk (*) indicates SH-aLRT> = 80% and UFboot> = 95%. The scale bar represents the expected number of nucleotide substitutions per site. Data of the specimens used are described in table 2.

FIGURE 109. Opsiphanes badius angostura Bristow, 1979 stat. nov.: Male, dorsal and ventral views: Ecuador: a. (AMNH_ IZC 00197518-AMNH) Santo Domingo de Los Colorados, b. (FLMNH MGCL 1103466-MGCL) Río Pichincha, Toachi. Gray arrows indicate some diagnostic characters of the “quiteria subgroup”.