Immature stages of the butterfly Diaethria clymena janeira (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Biblidinae)
- E. Barbosa, L. Kaminski, A. Freitas
- Biology
- 1 October 2010
The immature stages (egg, larva, and pupa) morphology, larval and oviposition behavior, and host plant of the "eighty-eight" butterfly Diaethria clymena janeira (C. Felder, 1862) are described. Eggs…
Biology and morphology of the immature stages of Hermeuptychia atalanta (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
- Leandro G. Cosmo, E. Barbosa, A. Freitas
- Biology
- 2 January 2014
The morphology of the immature stages (egg, larva and pupa) and larval behavior of the butterfly Hermeuptychia atalanta, a common and widespread species of satyrinae in South America, is described.
Four hundred shades of brown: Higher level phylogeny of the problematic Euptychiina (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) based on hybrid enrichment data.
- M. Espeland, Jesse W. Breinholt, K. Willmott
- BiologyMolecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
- 1 February 2019
Systematics of the butterfly genus Cissia Doubleday, 1848 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae : Satyrinae) using an integrative approach
- Thamara Zacca, M. Casagrande, K. Willmott
- Biology
- 2018
It is confirmed that it is possible to distinguish most of the species of Cissia based on both morphological and molecular data, and C. rubricata shows some differences in the male genitalia compared to its sibling species.
The Fruit-Feeding Butterfly Pareuptychia ocirrhoe (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) Feeding on Extrafloral Nectaries
- E. Barbosa
- Environmental Science, Biology
- 1 March 2013
In a sandy forest vegetation of Ubatuba (São Paulo State, SE Brazil), an individual of Pareuptychia ocirrhoe (Satyrinae: Satyrini) was observed feeding on extrafloral nectaries (EFNs)––nectary glands not directly related to pollination––of a passion vine at the edge of a trail of the sandy forest.
A new species of Yphthimoides (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) from the southern Atlantic forest region
- A. Freitas, L. Kaminski, O. Mielke, E. Barbosa, K. L. Silva-Brandão
- Biology
- 25 October 2012
A new, abundant and widespread species of Yphthimoides Forster is described from the Atlantic forests of southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina in open and secondary vegetation and forest edges.
Natural History of Selenophanes cassiope guarany (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Brassolini): an Integrative Approach, from Molecules to Ecology
- L. T. Shirai, E. Barbosa, Roberto Rezende Greve, L. M. Magaldi, A. R. Nascimento, A. Freitas
- BiologyAnnals of the Entomological Society of America
- 24 December 2016
Evidence for future phylogenies to support Selenophanes relatedness to either Opsiphanes or Catoblepia are provided by comparing novel molecular (barcode sequence) and morphological (immature) data.
Uncovering the hidden diversity of the Neotropical butterfly genus Yphthimoides Forster (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): description of three new species based on morphological and molecular data
- E. Barbosa, Ana K. Silva, M. Paluch, A. M. Azeredo-Espin, A. Freitas
- BiologyOrganisms Diversity & Evolution
- 9 June 2015
Three new species belonging to the butterflies satyrine subtribe Euptychiina are described based on wing shape, wing pattern, and morphology of male genitalia based on molecular data from the “DNA barcode” obtained and used to validate the three new species.
A new genus, Atlanteuptychia gen. nov., for Euptychia ernestina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)
- A. Freitas, E. Barbosa, J. Santos, O. Mielke
- Biology
- 1 December 2013
Evidence supports the proposition of a new genus endemic to the Atlantic Forest, A. ernestina stat.
Revision of Godartiana Forster (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), with the description of a new species from northeastern Brazil
- Thamara Zacca, M. Paluch, M. Casagrande
- Biology
- 1 May 2017
A revision of Godartiana Forster, 1964 (Satyrinae: Euptychiina) is provided, including the description of a new species, G. amadoi Paluch, Zacca & Freitas sp. nov. from Bahia and Pernambuco,…
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