A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin
Abstract A rare new species of skipper butterfly from the western Amazon Basin (Cuzco and Madre de Dios, Peru and Acre, Brazil) belonging to the subtribe Moncina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) is herein described: Lento yaguar Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov. The new species can be easily recognized by...
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| author | Adalberto Dantas de Medeiros Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke |
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| description | Abstract A rare new species of skipper butterfly from the western Amazon Basin (Cuzco and Madre de Dios, Peru and Acre, Brazil) belonging to the subtribe Moncina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) is herein described: Lento yaguar Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov. The new species can be easily recognized by the conspicuous yellow and black hind wing ventral pattern, that resembles the peculiar color of a jaguar’s skin. This interesting pattern is unique among Hesperiidae, and a similar pattern occurs only in a few species of Riodinidae. The presence of an unusual, modified scale patch on the male abdominal tergites III, IV, and V of L. yaguar sp. nov., is herein hypothesized as an androconial organ and represents the first record of this kind of structure on the abdominal tergum of a skipper species. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-66eaf762048e4d6a85ec1dc52c9cd9a42025-08-20T03:45:57ZengUniversidade de São PauloPapéis Avulsos de Zoologia1807-02052025-06-016510.11606/1807-0205/2025.65.019A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon BasinAdalberto Dantas de Medeiroshttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-2407Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielkehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-4606Abstract A rare new species of skipper butterfly from the western Amazon Basin (Cuzco and Madre de Dios, Peru and Acre, Brazil) belonging to the subtribe Moncina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) is herein described: Lento yaguar Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov. The new species can be easily recognized by the conspicuous yellow and black hind wing ventral pattern, that resembles the peculiar color of a jaguar’s skin. This interesting pattern is unique among Hesperiidae, and a similar pattern occurs only in a few species of Riodinidae. The presence of an unusual, modified scale patch on the male abdominal tergites III, IV, and V of L. yaguar sp. nov., is herein hypothesized as an androconial organ and represents the first record of this kind of structure on the abdominal tergum of a skipper species.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492025000100218&lng=en&tlng=enLento yaguarMorphologyNew taxaSkippersTaxonomy |
| spellingShingle | Adalberto Dantas de Medeiros Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia Lento yaguar Morphology New taxa Skippers Taxonomy |
| title | A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin |
| title_full | A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin |
| title_fullStr | A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin |
| title_full_unstemmed | A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin |
| title_short | A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin |
| title_sort | rare new species of lento evans 1955 lepidoptera hesperiidae from the western amazon basin |
| topic | Lento yaguar Morphology New taxa Skippers Taxonomy |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0031-10492025000100218&lng=en&tlng=en |
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