Neomaenas inornata Elwes, 1903

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 : 38

Neomaenas inornata Elwes, 1903

( Figs. 7 A, B; 26)

Holotype (male): BM(NH) Type No. Rh 3864 (photo examined) Type location: Baños de Cauqueñes, O’Higgins Province, Chile

Distribution. Heimlich (1972) indicated that the N. inornata is found in wooded areas with Chusquea bamboo, ranging from Valparaiso to Valdivia, Chile, from Nov. to Dec. ( Fig. 26).

Diagnosis. As noted by Elwes (1903), the species is similar in size, wing shape and dorsal coloration to N. servilia . However, the underside of the hindwing, rather than being boldly marked like that species, is a plain brown with a slight coppery sheen (Elwes called it “plain olive-grey”). Androconial patches are absent, and the wing patterns of the two sexes are similar, although the bipupillated ventral forewing ocellus is apparent as a shadow on the dorsal surface of the female but not the male. In the holotype, there are two small, pale-colored ocelli in HWV cells Rs-M1 and M1-M2, approximately midway between the apex of the discal cell and the wing margin. These are absent in Elwes’ (1903, Plate XIV, fig. 2) illustration of the female. The male genitalia, as illustrated by Heimlich (1972), appear most similar to those of N. poliozona .

Remarks. Material of this species was not available for close examination or dissection. We provide a diagnosis based on the original description, illustrations ( Fig. 7 A, B), and photos of the holotype.

Figures

FIGURE 7. Composite habitus images of Neomaenas species. The left side of each specimen is the dorsal surface, the right side is the ventral surface. A, B: Neomaenas inornata Elwes 1903. Lithographs of male holotype (BMNH # Rh 3864) (A), and female allotype (BMNH) (B), (reproduced from Plate XIV of Elwes, 1903, Figure 19); C, D: Neomaenas monachus (Blanchard, 1852) — male N. monachus monachus (C), male N. monachus limonias (MZUJ) (D); E, F: Neomaenas poliozona (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) male holotype N. poliozona (BMNH # 809789) (E), male holotype N. poliozona eustephanos Matz nom. nov. (BMNH # 809619) (F); G: Neomaenas simplex (Butler, 1881) male holotype (BMNH # Rh 3878); H: Neomaenas tristis (Guérin-Méneville, [1830]) male (MZUJ); I, J: Neomaenas wallengrenii Butler, 1881, male lectotype (BMNH # 809361) (I), female paralectotype (BMNH # 809362) (J).