A peculiar new species of Dione (Agraulis) Boisduval & Le Conte (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) associated with Malesherbia Ruiz & Pavón (Passifloraceae) in xeric western slopes of the Andes

Jackie Farfán; José Cerdeña; Héctor A. Vargas; Gislene L. Gonçalves; Gerardo Lamas; Gilson R.P. Moreira

doi:10.3897/zookeys.1113.85769

A peculiar new species of Dione (Agraulis) Boisduval & Le Conte (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) associated with Malesherbia Ruiz & Pavón (Passifloraceae) in xeric western slopes of the Andes

Jackie Farfán, José Cerdeña, Héctor A. Vargas, Gislene L. Gonçalves, Gerardo Lamas, Gilson R.P. Moreira

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Butterflies associated with xerophytic environments of the Andes have been little studied, and they exhibit high levels of endemism. Herein Dione (Agraulis) dodona Lamas & Farfán, sp. nov. (Nymphalidae; Heli-coniinae) is described, distributed on the western slopes of the Andes of Peru and northern Chile, between 800 and 3,000 m elevation. Adults of both sexes, and the immature stages, are described and illustrated based on light and scanning electron microscopy. The immature stages are associated with Malesherbia tenuifolia D. Don (Passifloraceae) found in xeric environments, representing a new record of this genus as a host plant for the subfamily Heliconiinae. Conspicuous morphological differences are presented for all stages at the generic level. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the COI barcode mitochondrial gene fragment, D. (A.) dodona Lamas & Farfán, sp. nov. is distinguished as an independent lineage within the Agraulis clade of Dione, with ca. 5% difference to congeneric species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	199-227
Number of pages	29
Journal	ZooKeys
Volume	2022
Issue number	1113
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.85769
State	Published - 2022
Externally published	Yes

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We are grateful to Leandro Menezes Baum from Laboratório Central de Microscopia e Microanálise (LabCEMM) of Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, for helping with scanning electron microscopy analyses. Thanks also to Dr. Evaristo López (Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional San Agustín, Arequipa, Perú [MUSA]) for access to the Laboratorio de Sis-temática Animal of Universidad Nacional San Agustin de Arequipa (UNSA). The first version of the manuscript benefitted from valuable suggestions provided by André Freitas (UNICAMP). JF was supported by a CAPES scholarship. GLG and GRPM were assisted by FAPERGS and CNPq grants, respectively. This study was supported in part by a project of the Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa (UNSA) with Contract IBAB-001-2019-UNSA.

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Chile
Heliconiines
immature stages
Peru
taxonomy

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Farfán, J., Cerdeña, J., Vargas, H. A., Gonçalves, G. L., Lamas, G., & Moreira, G. R. P. (2022). A peculiar new species of Dione (Agraulis) Boisduval & Le Conte (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) associated with Malesherbia Ruiz & Pavón (Passifloraceae) in xeric western slopes of the Andes. ZooKeys, 2022(1113), 199-227. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1113.85769

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A peculiar new species of Dione (Agraulis) Boisduval & Le Conte (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae) associated with Malesherbia Ruiz & Pavón (Passifloraceae) in xeric western slopes of the Andes. / Farfán, Jackie; Cerdeña, José; Vargas, Héctor A. et al.
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