TY - JOUR
T1 - Considerations on the Systematics of Neotropical Pierina, with the Description of Two New Species of Phulia Herrich-Schäffer from the Peruvian Andes (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Pierinae, Pierini)
AU - Pyrcz, Tomasz W.
AU - Willmott, Keith R.
AU - Lamas, Gerardo
AU - Boyer, Pierre
AU - Florczyk, Klaudia
AU - Fåhraeus, Christer
AU - Mahecha, Oscar
AU - Cerdeña, José
AU - Mrozek, Artur
AU - Farfán, Jackie
AU - Zubek, Anna
PY - 2022/12
Y1 - 2022/12
N2 - A comparative analysis of high-Andean Pierina was carried out, including a total of 25 species. Based on morphological evidence, with an emphasis on venation and genitalia and molecular data, using three genetic markers, we confirm the recent subjective synonymy of the generic names Tatochila Butler, 1870, Piercolias, Staudinger, 1894, Hypsochila Ureta, 1955, Infraphulia Field, 1958, Pierphulia Field, 1958, and Theochila Field, 1958 with Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867. Two new species are described, namely Phulia stoddardi Pyrcz & Cerdeña n. sp., from the Andes of Central Peru, which occurs at an unusually high altitude of close to 5000 m a.s.l. in dry puna habitat, and Phulia phantasma Lamas, Willmott & Boyer n. sp., from dry montane forests in northern Peru and southern Ecuador. An overview of high-elevation butterflies is presented, with some discussion on adaptations to this environment.
AB - A comparative analysis of high-Andean Pierina was carried out, including a total of 25 species. Based on morphological evidence, with an emphasis on venation and genitalia and molecular data, using three genetic markers, we confirm the recent subjective synonymy of the generic names Tatochila Butler, 1870, Piercolias, Staudinger, 1894, Hypsochila Ureta, 1955, Infraphulia Field, 1958, Pierphulia Field, 1958, and Theochila Field, 1958 with Phulia Herrich-Schäffer, 1867. Two new species are described, namely Phulia stoddardi Pyrcz & Cerdeña n. sp., from the Andes of Central Peru, which occurs at an unusually high altitude of close to 5000 m a.s.l. in dry puna habitat, and Phulia phantasma Lamas, Willmott & Boyer n. sp., from dry montane forests in northern Peru and southern Ecuador. An overview of high-elevation butterflies is presented, with some discussion on adaptations to this environment.
KW - COI barcoding
KW - Cordillera Negra
KW - Male and female genitalia
KW - P. phantasma n. sp
KW - P. stoddardi n. sp
KW - Puna
KW - Venation
U2 - 10.1007/s13744-022-00999-y
DO - 10.1007/s13744-022-00999-y
M3 - Article
C2 - 36378478
AN - SCOPUS:85141951360
SN - 1519-566X
VL - 51
SP - 840
EP - 859
JO - Neotropical Entomology
JF - Neotropical Entomology
IS - 6
ER -