Pteronymia calgiria Schaus, 1902

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 : 5

Pteronymia calgiria Schaus, 1902

Figure 3

Females examined: 1 bearing complete sphragis.

Description: Coloration—golden-brown. Shape—round, cupped, extremities curled inward. Structure—mostly solid. Scales—absent. Complexity category—likely 2, but more specimens are needed in order to accurately assign a category.

Figures

Fig. 2–5. The sterigma and sphragis of P. andreas (2), P. calgiria (3), P. obscuratus (4), and P.latilla (5). A: ventral, sphragis absent; B: ventral,sphragis present; C: lateral, sphragis present; D: P. obscuratus with a spermatophore externally connected to the sphragis.