Dynastor napoleon Doubleday

Garzón-Orduña, Ivonne J. & Penz, Carla M., 2009, Phylogeny of Dynastor and Brassolis butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): a tough nut to crack, Zootaxa 2134, pp. 1-22 : 3

Dynastor napoleon Doubleday

( Fig. 1 A–B; 8H, J; 9G)

Type species.

Diagnosis: Both sexes can be recognized by five characters: (1) dorsal FW costal margin orange; (2) dorsal HW with a broad orange marginal band; (3) dorsal HW postmedial band absent; (4) ventral pattern cryptic, light brown mottled with dark brown; (5) ventral HW veins from the cubital sector thick and dark, contrasting the background.

Distribution: Southeastern Brazil, Rio de Janeiro ( Casagrande 2004).

Subspecies: None ( Casagrande 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 1. Dynastor species in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views. (A) Male D. napoleon from Santa Catarina (Brazil). (B) Female D, napoleon from Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). (C & D) Male and female D. macrosiris from French Guiana and Mexico, respectively. (E & F) Male and female D. darius from São Paulo (Brazil).