Porphyrogenes

Austin, George T. & Mielke, Olaf H. H., 2008, Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America, Insecta Mundi 2008 (44), pp. 1-56 : 34

Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #4

( Fig. 49, 50 , 109, 110 , 162 )

Description. Female ( Fig. 49, 50 , 109, 110 ) - forewing length = 28.6 mm (n = 1; from Panama); forewing apex slightly produced, pointed, termen convex especially apically, anal margin slightly concave; hindwing termen convex except concave just before short tornal lobe, vein Rs arising nearer to end of discal cell than to its base and well distad of CuA 2; dorsum dark brown with violet sheen; forewing overscaled with olive-brown basad, white translucent macules, one small and more or less bar-shaped in M 3 -CuA 1 just distad of origin of M 3, other very large and parallelogram-shaped in CuA 1 -CuA 2, centered under origin of CuA 1; hindwing overscaled with olive-brown posterior to vein Rs, vague indication of brown discal macules anteriorly; conspicuous erect olive-brown tuft on dorsum of vein 2A; fringes on both wings pale brown.

Venter dark brown; forewing overscaled with gray basad, forewing vein 2A slightly curved, entire anal cell with modified pale tan scales; hindwing overscaled with gray, vague indication of darker discal macules; cell 2A-3A with groove just caudad of vein 2A.

Dorsal head and thorax pale brown with green reflections, eyes red, palpi ochreous-gray, antennae black on dorsum, yellow on venter distad, nudum red-brown 31 (n = 1) segments, ventral thorax pale brown with green reflections, pectus ochreous-orange, legs brown proximad, yellow-orange distad, dorsal abdomen gray-brown, ventral abdomen warm brown.

Genitalia ( Fig. 162 ) - lamella postvaginalis sclerotized caudad, caudal edge curved with narrow and shallow U-shaped indentation centrally; lamella antevaginalis as rectangular sclerotized plate and membranous plates laterad; ductus bursae elongate, narrow and membranous with elongate sclerotized plate cephalad; corpus bursae as elongate sac.

Distribution and phenology. One individual was examined: PANAMA: Panama Prov.; Distrito de El Llano, Cordillera de San Blas, N of El Llano, 330m, 29 May 1978 (GTA #8906, housed at USNM).

Diagnosis and discussion. This species is similar to the previous, but is larger and with a larger macule in M 3 -CuA 1. The genitalia also are of similar morphology, but differ in their details, especially in the form of the lamella postvaginalis. This may well be of the same species that Möschler (1877) considered the female of P. probus (see under that species above and Fig. 49, 50 ) and appears to be the phenotype illustrated by Draudt (1922) as the female of P. probus .

Figures

Figure 37-50. Types and associated specimens of Porphyrogenes (ds = dorsal surface, vs = ventral surface). 37) Porphyrogenes sparta, female associated with [holo]type male, ds. 38) same, vs. 39) Porphyrogenes spoda Evans, 1952, [holo]type male, ds. 40) same, vs. 41) Porphyrogenes stupa Evans, 1952, [holo]type male, ds. 42) same, vs. 43) Eudamus passalus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, lectotype female, ds. 44) same, vs. 45) Thymele virgatus Mabille, 1888, lectotype female, ds. 46) same, vs. 47) Thymele eudemus Mabille, 1888, lectotype female, ds. 48) same, vs. 49) Porphyrogenes sp., female considered to be female of Telegonus probus in its original description (see text), ds. 50) same, vs.

Figure 101-114. Porphyrogenes (ds = dorsal surface, vs = ventral surface). 101) P. speciosa, holotype male, data in text, ds. 102) same, vs. 103) P. eudemus, female, PANAMA: Canal Zone; Cocoli, 10 July 1963, ds. 104) same, vs. 105) Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #1, ECUADOR, Yasuni National Park, Yasuni Field Station, 767’, 8 May 2003, ds. 106) same, vs. 107) Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #3, PANAMA: Canal Zone, Gatun, 2 May 1970, ds. 108) same, vs. 109) Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #4, PANAMA: Panamá Prov.; Distrito de El Llano, Cordillera de San Blas, north of El Llano, ca. 330m, 29 May 1978, ds. 110) same, vs. 111) Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #5, COSTA RICA: Ciudad Colon, Finca Hamadryas, 20 April 1998, ds. 112) same, vs. 113) Porphyrogenes unassociated unnamed female #2, BRAZIL: Pará, no date, ds. 114) same, vs.

Figure 160-165. Female genitalia of Porphyrogenes (ventral view). 160) P. eudemus, PANAMA (GTA #8902); 161) Porphyrogenes unassociated female #3, PANAMA (GTA #8907); 162) Porphyrogenes unassociated female #4, PANAMA (GTA #8906); 163) Porphyrogenes unassociated female #1, ECUADOR (GTA #13986); 164) Porphyrogenes unassociated female #5, COSTA RICA (GTA #13921); 165) Porphyrogenes unassociated female #2, BRAZIL: Rondônia (GTA #13993).