Vanima lesbia (Staudinger, [1886]) Zacca & Casagrande & Mielke & Huertas & Espeland & Freitas & Willmott & Nakahara & Lamas, 2020

Zacca, Thamara, Casagrande, Mirna M., Mielke, Olaf H. H., Huertas, Blanca, Espeland, Marianne, Freitas, André V. L., Willmott, Keith R., Nakahara, Shinichi & Lamas, Gerardo, 2020, Revalidation of Vareuptychia Forster, 1964, description of Vanima gen. nov., and notes on Euptychia cleophes Godman & Salvin, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae Satyrinae), Zootaxa 4858 (1), pp. 1-34 : 17-19

Vanima lesbia (Staudinger, [1886]) comb. nov.

( Figs 34–37 , 43 , 57–61 , 64–65 , 69 )

Euptychia lesbia Staudinger, [1886] : pl. 80, fig. [18]; 1887: 226; syntypes: [ Brazil, Amazonas], Massauary [Maçauari], Fonteboa [Fonte Boa] and Teffé [Tefé]. Lectotype female here designated: [ Brazil, Amazonas], Massauary [Maçauari]; ZMHU (examined).—Weymer, 1911: 215.— Gaede, 1931: 452.— Zimsen, 1964: 513.— D’Abrera, 1988: 763 (male, female).

Argyreuptychia lesbia ; Forster, 1964: 123.

Cissia lesbia ; Lamas, 2004: 218.— Brévignon, 2008: 72, 84, figs. 34a–34c (male, genitalia).— Brévignon & Benmesbah, 2012: 52.— Casagrande et al., 2012: 25.

Diagnosis. Vanima lesbia comb. nov. is easily distinguished from its congeners by the VHW having a wide yellowish-ochre spot between the median and submarginal lines from M 3 to the inner margin ( Figs. 35, 37 ).

Male genitalia ( Figs. 57–61 ). In addition to the characters mentioned in the generic description, the apex of the valva is well developed and curved inwards in dorsal view, slightly serrated, and the anterior projection of the saccus is well-developed.

Female genitalia ( Figs. 64–65 ). In addition to the characters mentioned in the generic description, the lateral plate reaches the 8 th tergite, the ductus bursae is about two times longer than the corpus bursae and the signa are located dorso-laterally.

Variation. The ocellus in 2A and the inner margin on the VHW can vary in size, but it is always present. Females and males are very similar in size and wing patterns.

Ecology and distribution. This species is known from the tropical ombrophilous lowland forest in French Guiana (Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni and Cayenne) and the Brazilian Amazon rainforest (Amazonas and Pará) ( Fig. 69 ). Vanima lesbia comb. nov. flies from May to October, during late morning to mid-afternoon ( Brévignon 2008; plus examined material). The host plants and immature stages are unknown.

Type material, lectotype designation and taxonomic history. Euptychia lesbia Staudinger, [1886] was described based on an unstated number of females collected by Dr. Paul Hahnel in Maçauari, Fonte Boa and Tefé, Amazonas, Brazil. Three female syntypes of E. lesbia were found at ZMHU from the same localities mentioned above. Although L. D. Miller added labels indicating them as lectotype and paralectotypes of E. lesbia in 1988, the lectotype designation was never published. The female syntype from Maçauari is herein designated as the lectotype of Euptychia lesbia to fix the identity of the name ( Fig. 43 ); this specimen has the following labels: /Origin/ abgebildet/ Massauary Hhl. [Hahnel]/ ex collect[io] Staudinger/ Eu[ptychia]. lesbia Stgr. [Staudinger]/ Eigentum Mus[eum]. Berlin/ genitalia vial M- 9060 ♀ Lee D. Miller/; and two other labels to be added: / Lectotypus / Lectotypus Euptychia lesbia Staudinger, [1886] . T. Zacca, 2020 / ZMHU. The other two syntypes become paralectotypes and will be accordingly labelled.

Weymer (1911) treated E. lesbia in the “ Batesi group” together with E. batesii Butler, 1867 , E. analis , E. thalessa Möschler, 1877 , E. juani Staudinger, 1887 , E. tricolor Hewitson, 1850 , E. fulgora Butler, 1869 , E. nortia Hewitson, 1862 and E. segesta Weymer, 1911 , species currently placed in Magneuptychia and Nubila Viloria, Andrade & Henao, 2019, but actually probably representing four different genera (Espeland et al., in prep.). Forster (1964) transferred E. lesbia to Argyreuptychia . Lamas (2004) placed it in Cissia , and then Zacca et al. (2018b) noted that it would need to be removed from the latter genus.

Examined material. 8 males and 7 females (2 specimens dissected)—see Supporting Information (S2).

Figures

FIGURE 69. Map showing the distribution of Vanima lesbia comb. nov.

FIGURES 30–41. Species of Vanima gen. nov., dorsal and ventral: 30–33. Vanima labe comb. nov.: 30–31. male (Chiriquí, Panama), 32–33. female (Verapaz, Mexico); 34–37. Vanima lesbia comb. nov.: 34–35. male (Amazonas, Brazil), 36–37. female (Amazonas, Brazil); 38–41. Vanima palladia comb. nov.: 38–39. Male (Acre, Brazil), 40–41. female (Acre, Brazil). Scale bar = 1 cm.

FIGURES 42–44. Lectotypes of species of Vanima gen. nov.: 42. Lectotype of Euptychia labe Butler, 1870 and labels, 43. Lectotype of Euptychia lesbia Staudinger, [1886] and labels, 44. Lectotype of Euptychia palladia Butler, 1867 and labels.

FIGURES 47–61. Male genitalia of species of Vanima gen. nov.: 47–51. Vanima labe comb. nov. (BMNH#1420794): 47. lateral, 48. dorsal, 49. ventral, 50. aedeagus, dorsal, 51. aedeagus, lateral; 52–56. Vanima palladia comb. nov. (BMNH#1420948): 52. lateral, 60. dorsal, 61. ventral, 62. aedeagus, dorsal, 63. aedeagus, lateral; 57–61. Vanima lesbia comb. nov. (BMNH#1420885): 57. lateral, 58. dorsal, 59. ventral, 60. aedeagus, dorsal, 61. aedeagus, lateral. Scale bar = 1 mm.

FIGURES 62–67. Female genitalia of species of Vanima gen. nov.: 62–63. Vanima labe comb. nov. (BMNH#1420985): 62. lateral, 63. ventral; 64–67. Vanima lesbia comb. nov. (DZUP 28.091): 64. lateral; 65. ventral; 66–67. Vanima palladia comb. nov. (DZUP 28.098): 66. lateral, 67. Ventral. Scale bar = 1 mm.