Tetraphlebia patagonica ( Mabille, 1885 ) (Erebia)

Matz, Jess & Brower, Andrew V. Z., 2016, The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes, Zootaxa 4125 (1), pp. 1-108 : 72

Tetraphlebia patagonica ( Mabille, 1885) (Erebia) comb. nov.

( Figs. 12 F; 30)

Holotype (male): MNHN, Paris, leg. Lebrun, 1883 (photo examined) Type location: Santa Cruz, Patagonia, Argentina

Other combinations:

Faunula patagonica — Heimlich (1972); Peña & Ugarte (1997,p. 282); Lamas & Viloria (2004, p. 216); Pyrcz (2012).

Distribution. Found in the vicinity of Cochrane and Palena in Aisen Prov., Chile, and in Chubut and Neuquén Provinces, Argentina ( Fig. 30).

Diagnosis. The dorsal fore and hindwings exhibit the postmedial rust-red patches displayed by other members of the genus. The ventral forewing exhibits the same singly-pupillated M1-M3 ocellus, and the hindwing is the same rectangular shape. Unlike other Tetraphlebia , T. patagonica exhibits two ventral hindwing ocelli in cells M3 and CuA1 ( Fig. 12 F). Pyrcz (2012) considered it to be closely related to both T. eleates and T. leucoglene .

Remarks. This species was not available for thorough study. According to Peña & Ugarte (1997), the species flies slowly and perches on the ground on low to mid-elevation open grasslands.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Tetraphlebia species. For composite habitus images, the left side is the dorsal surface and the right side is the ventral surgace. A, B: Tetraphlebia germainii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867 male (BMNH # 809472) (A), female (MZUJ) (B); C, D: Tetraphlebia eleates (Weymer, 1890) n. comb., n. stat. male (C) and female (D) (CUIC); E: Tetraphlebia leucoglene (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) n. comb. male holotype (BMNH # 809770); F: Tetraphlebia patagonica n. comb., Miradores de Darwin, Ría Deseado, Santa Cruz, Argentina, 16 Nov. 2012 (photo by Carlos Agulian http: // www. ecoregistros. org / site _ en / imagen. php? id = 17587; used with permission).