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Published on: February 11, 2020
A brachypterous butterfly?
Angel L Viloria1, Tomasz W Pyrcz, Janusz Wojtusiak
1Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 5BD, UK. aviloria@oikos.ivic.ve
Abstract:
Butterflies of the genus Redonda Adams & Bernard (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) are endemic to the Andes of Venezuela. They comprise a monophyletic group of five allopatric taxa, females of which show various degrees of wing reduction and ability to fly. The female of Redonda bordoni Viloria & Pyrcz sp. nov. appears to be brachypterous and incapable of sustained flight, a phenomenon previously unknown within the Rhopalocera.
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