Corades pannonia pannonia Hewitson

Viloria, Angel L., Pyrcz, Tomasz W. & Orellana, Andrés, 2010, A survey of the Neotropical montane butterflies of the subtribe Pronophilina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) in the Venezuelan Cordillera de la Costa, Zootaxa 2622, pp. 1-41 : 8

Corades pannonia pannonia Hewitson

( Figs. 41, 42 )

Corades pannonia pannonia Hewitson, 1850: 438 , pl. 10, figs 1, 2. Lectotype (male) in BMNH, designated by Adams & Bernard, 1981: 351 [examined].

Corades ichthya Herrich-Schäffer , [1856]: fig. 84.

Corades fluminalis Butler, 1870: 26 . Synonymy established by Thieme, 1907: 212.

Geographic range: Species: CC, CM, throughout Colombia, Ecuador, eastern Peru and Bolivia; Subspecies: CC.

Altitudinal range: 2000–2700 m ( Fassl, 1911); 1600–2600 m ( Krüger, 1925); 1750–2250 m ( Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 1999); 2400–2500 m ssp. ploas Thieme ( Pyrcz & Wojtusiak, 2002); 1600–2400 ssp. condorita Lamas (Pyrcz, 2004); 1800–2200 m.

Remarks: Polytypic and nearly as widespread as C. enyo . C. pannonia is identified by a uniform dorsum, and HWV crossed by a straight oblique yellow band. Males perch and keep territories, usually in the subcanopy and frequently come to feed on the ground on decomposing organic matter. In some Andean localities C. pannonia is found down to 1600 m, but it occurs only above 1800 m in the surveyed areas of the CC. Corades ichthya Herrich-Schäffer is considered junior synonym of Corades pannonia based on the comparison of original figures of the former with the types of the latter taxon.

Material examined: ARAGUA: 1 male: Colonia Tovar, 2200 m, 04.XII.1950, F. Fernández Y. leg. MIZA; 1 male: Colonia Tovar, vía Capachal, 2100 m, 02.VIII.2003, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; 6 males and 4 females: Colonia Tovar, 2100 m, IV.1993, F. Romero leg., FRR; 1 female: same data but 2200 m, FRR; 1 male and 1 female: same data but 2300 m, FRR; 1 female: same data but 2100 m, V.2003, FRR; 1 female: Colonia Tovar, Capachal, 2000 m, 22.II.2010, T. Pyrcz leg., TWP; MIRANDA: 1 female: Avila, Lagunazo, 14.XI.1981, J. DeMarmels leg. MIZA.

Figures

FIGURES 37 – 44. Adult satyrine butterflies from the Cordillera de La Costa, Venezuela (left: dorsal, right: ventral); 37. Corades enyo enyo Hewitson (male, Los Colonos); 38. C. enyo enyo Hewitson (Los Colonos); 39. Corades medeba pittieri Pyrcz & Viloria n. ssp., HOLOTYPE (male, vía Naranjal); 40. C. medeba pittieri Pyrcz & Viloria n. ssp., PARATYPE (female, vía Naranjal); 41. Corades pannonia pannonia Hewitson (male, vía Naranjal); 42. C. pannonia pannonia Hewitson (female, Colonia Tovar); 43. Manerebia mycalesoides (C. & R. Felder) (male, Sector El Tigre); 44. M. mycalesoides (C. & R. Felder) (female, Sector El Tigre).