Dasyophthalma (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): systematics, distribution, and conservation perspectives of a butterfly genus endemic from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Henrique Batista Rosa, Augusto; P. Barbosa, Eduardo; Avelino Machado, Patrícia; Russo Siewert, Ricardo; Victor Lucci Freitas, André

doi:10.3897/asp.81.e96397

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Dasyophthalma (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): systematics, distribution, and conservation perspectives of a butterfly genus endemic from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest

Published in Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny • May 23, 2023

Authors:

Augusto Henrique Batista Rosa

Eduardo P. Barbosa

Patrícia Avelino Machado

Abstract

Dasyophthalma includes five species of medium-sized butterflies, all endemic from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. All known species are univoltine and are dayflying, differently from other Brassolini that are mostly crepuscular. In despite of recent advances little is known about their natural histor...

Subject

Threatened species

Nymphalidae

Subspecies

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