Pteronymia ozia (Hewitson, 1870)

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

Pteronymia ozia (Hewitson, 1870)

Figure 6

Females examined: 12. 1 with a complete sphragis; 2 bearing incomplete or amorphous sphragides.

Description: Coloration—dark chocolate-brown. Shape—plate-like. Structure—mostly hollow. Scales—absent. Complexity cat-egory—likely 2, but more specimens are needed to properly assign a complexity category.

Comments: The sphragis figured here is the only one that was complete among the sphragides examined. It is placed laterally in the sterigma, and we suspect it was not properly deposited by the male or that it was displaced after attachment.

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.