Phylogeny of Dasyophthalma Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Brassolini)

Authors

• Carla Maria Penz, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

4-10-2009

Comments

Published in INSECTA MUNDI: A Journal of World Insect Systematics, # 0069 (2009). Published by the Center for Systematic Entomology, Inc., Gainesville, FL. http://www.centerforsystematicentomology.org/ Copyright © 2009 by the authors.

Abstract

This study provides a species-level phylogeny and morphological characterization for the Neotropical brassoline genus Dasyophthalma Westwood, 1851. A revised generic definition is given, and two species groups are proposed. Diagnoses and illustrations of habitus and genitalia are provided for all species. Wing color, male scent organs, and male and female genitalic morphology are characterized and discussed.