Eur. J. Entomol. 115: 387-399, 2018 | DOI: 10.14411/eje.2018.039

Discovery of a remarkable new species of Lymanopoda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and considerations of its phylogenetic position: An integrative taxonomic approachOriginal article

Tomasz W. PYRCZ1,5, Carlos PRIETO2,3, Pierre BOYER4, Jadwiga LORENC-BRUDECKA5,*
1 Entomology Department, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 9, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: tomasz.pyrcz@uj.edu.pl
2 Corporación Universitaria Autónoma del Cauca, Calle 5 # 3-87, Popayán, Colombia; e-mail: cprieto50@gmail.com
3 SNSB-Bavarian State Collection of Zoology, Münchhausenstr. 21, 81247 Munich, Germany
4 7, Lotissement l'Horizon, 13610 Le Puy Sainte Réparade, France; e-mail: pierdom@aliceadsl.fr
5 Nature Education Centre, Jagiellonian University, ul. Gronostajowa 5, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; e-mail: j.lorenc-brudecka@uj.edu.pl

A new species of Lymanopoda Westwood, a cloud forest Neotropical genus of Satyrinae, is described from the páramo grasslands on an isolated, peripheral massif in the Colombian Central Cordillera of the Andes: L. flammigera Pyrcz, Prieto & Boyer, sp. n. The genus Lymanopoda is species-rich (approx. 65 species) and its alpha taxonomy is relatively well researched. Relationships within the genus using molecular data have also been explored. The new species is outstanding for its golden yellow colour in males, not found in any other neotropical Satyrinae. Cladograms were constructed based on COI sequences of 47 species of Lymanopoda (~ 70% of the known species) including 17 from Colombia. The new species segregates in the "tolima" clade, which comprises four other high altitude Colombian species, as well as two from Ecuador. However, it is the comparative analysis of male genitalia, in particular the superuncus and valvae, which identified its closest relatives, thus confirming that genital characters can help refine molecular phylogenies. In addition to identifying species using mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA barcodes), nucleotide sites with unique fixed states used to identify nine species of Lymanopoda from Colombia are also presented.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Lymanopoda, systematics, new species, phylogeny, DNA barcodes, biodiversity, páramo, Colombia, Andes, Valle del Cauca

Received: January 11, 2018; Revised: June 8, 2018; Accepted: June 8, 2018; Published online: August 16, 2018  Show citation

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PYRCZ, T.W., PRIETO, C., BOYER, P., & LORENC-BRUDECKA, J. (2018). Discovery of a remarkable new species of Lymanopoda (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) and considerations of its phylogenetic position: An integrative taxonomic approach. EJE, 115, Article 387-399. https://doi.org/10.14411/eje.2018.039
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