Taxonomía y distribución de Nathalis (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) en Colombia

 

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Autoren: W. Pulido-B., Hannier, Gonzalo Andrade-C., M., Llorente-Bousquets, Jorge
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publikationsdatum:2010
Beschreibung:In Colombia, Nathalis has two described species: N. iole and N. plauta. Previous authors did not make detailed descriptions of its distribution in meridional regions and failed to differentiate both species based on genitalic characters. Some wing marks have been enough to separate them, but co-specificity was a possibility. They inhabit Colombia above 2000 m in the paramo, and have a vicariant distribution from the remaining population of N. iole in the Antillean and Central and North America. An analysis focused on male and female genitalia, as well as the wing pattern of more than 100 specimens from the Colombian Andes (Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta and Sierra de Perijá) and Mexico, indicates that the two species differ in their genitalia, and considering their allopatric distribution, we support the specific distinction of N. iole and N. plauta. We describe a new endemic subspecies found exclusively in the paramo above 3000 m, an area where other endemics occur. It has phenotypic plasticity related to environmental factors.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sprache:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/5209
Online Zugang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/5209
Stichwort:Endemismo
Pieridae
distribución peripátrida
Andes
páramo
endemism
peripatric distribution
paramo