Pteronymia picta (Salvin, 1869)

Carvalho, Ana Paula S., Mota, Luísa L. & Kawahara, Akito Y., 2019, Intersexual ‘ Arms Race’ and the Evolution of the Sphragis in Pteronymia Butterflies, Insect Systematics and Diversity 3 (2019), No. 3, pp. 1-13 : 6-7

Pteronymia picta (Salvin, 1869)

Figure 7

Females examined: 108. 3 with complete sphragides; 41 bearing incomplete or amorphous sphragides.

Description: Coloration—yellowish off-white. Shape—bowl-like. Structure—mostly hollow. Ventral margin curled inward. Scales—few, not ordered.

Comments: Most of the sphragides that we found attached to the sterigma were incomplete, and fully within the bowl-like sterigma. Much like P. alissa , incomplete sphragides were in the

shape of a plate, and the amount of sphragidal material was highly variable.

Figures

Fig. 6–9. The sterigma and sphragis of P. ozia (6), P. picta (7), P. sao (8), and P. simplex (9). A: ventral, sphragis absent; B: ventral, sphragis present; C: lateral, sphragis present.