Cremna telarania, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Song & Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Genomic analysis reveals new species and subspecies of butterflies, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (6), pp. 1-63 : 18-19

Cremna telarania Grishin, new species

http://zoobank.org/ 8EF9AA2F-9A47-4201-9E26-C1507FDC9FD0 ( Figs. 16, 17 part)

Definition and diagnosis. Genomic sequencing of Cremna E. Doubleday, 1847 (type species Papilio actoris Cramer, 1776 ) reveals a clade consisting of a pair from Bolivia ( Fig. 16) distinct from other species in the C. actoris group ( Fig. 17): COI barcode difference of 1.8% (12 bp) with a syntype of Cremna meleagris Hopffer, 1874 (type locality in Peru: Chanchamayo), a junior subjective synonym of Cremna heteroea H. Bates, 1867 (type locality in Brazil: Amazonas), sister to the clade representing the new species. This new species differs from its relatives in smaller size, paler wings (especially beneath), more prominent cream-colored marginal spots above, and boomerang-shaped, narrower on the dorsal side postdiscal (in addition to submarginal) spots on both wings (weak on dorsal forewing in the female). These spots are broader and rounder in other species and are crescent-shaped only in Cremna calitra Hewitson, 1869 (type locality in Ecuador), a species with mostly larger spots on the dorsal side, but smaller spots along the outer wing margins (especially on the hindwing) and on the ventral side.

Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-22112E04, GenBank OR939283, 658 base pairs: AACTTTATATTTTATTTTTGGTATTTGAGCAGGAATAGTTGGTTCATCTTTAAGTATTTTAATTCGTATAGAATTAGGAATACCTGGTTCTCTTATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACT ATTGTTACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATACCTATTATAATCGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTTCCATTAATATTAGGAGCTCCTGATATAGCTTTCCCACGTA TAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGACTTTTACCCCCCTCTTTATTCCTTTTAATTTCGAGAAGAATTGTCGAAAATGGAGCAGGTACAGGATGAACTGTCTACCCCCCTTTATCTTCTAATATTGC TCACAGAGGCTCTTCTGTTGATTTAGCAATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCCGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGTGCTATTAATTTCATTACAACTATTATCAATATACGTATTAATAATTTATCA TTTGATCAAATACCTTTATTTGTTTGATCAGTTGGTATTACAGCTTTATTATTATTATTATCATTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGAAACTTAAATACTT CTTTTTTCGACCCAGCAGGAGGAGGAGACCCTATTCTTTATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany [ MFNB], illustrated in Fig. 16a, bears five rectangular labels, the first two handwritten and others printed: four white [ Bolivia | Torochita | 90. Garl.], [meleagris | Hopff.], [Coll. | Satudinger], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-22112E04 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ], and one red [ HOLOTYPE ♂ | Cremna telarania | Grishin ]. Paratype: 1♀ with the same data as the holotype (NVG-22112E11, GenBank barcode OR939284, Fig. 16b).

Type locality. Bolivia: La Paz Department, Mapiri .

Etymology. In Spanish, la telaraña means spider web. The name is given for the cobweb wing pattern of this species. The name is a feminine noun in apposition.

Distribution. Currently known only from the La Paz Department in Bolivia.