Telchin diva
Creators: name: Berghe, Eric Den
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Castniidae
Telchin
Telchin diva

description: Telchin diva (Butler, 1870)
(Fig. 1E)
Castnia Diva Butler, 1870:46, lam.17, figs. 1-2 [Nicaragua].
Castnia diva Butler; Westwood, 1877:187.
Castnia diva Butler; Druce, 1883:27, lam. IV, fig. 3.
Divana diva (Butker), Miller, 1995:136.
Divana diva diva (Butler); Lamas, 1995:83.
Divana diva ssp. diva (Butler); Maes, 1995:1237.
Divana diva, Chacón & Montero, 2007: pl 24.
Divana diva diva (Butler), Miller et al., 2012: 10.
Divana diva (Butler); González & Hernández-Baz, 2012:147.
Telchin diva (Butler); González & Domagała, 2019:14.
The species is distributed in eastern Mexico, Central America, and northwestern South America (Colombia) (Miller 1986; Strand 1913; Vinciguerra 2010). Even though many specimens can be found in collections worldwide, very little is known about their biology (Vinciguerra 2010, González et al. 2013, González & Domagała 2019). Even though we are currently following Moraes & Duarte (2014) by placing the species in the genus Telchin. Ongoing research (Worthy, Zilli & González, in prep.) is pointing to revalidate the genus Divana.
Material examined: HONDURAS: 1 Ƌ, Atlántida, La Ceiba, Río bonito CURLA camp 8km W, 5 km S., 150m, 6. VI.1995, col. R. Lehman, 15°42´6”N 86°50´49”W, CURLALep04153 (CURLA); 1 Ƌ, 4. VI.1996, CUR-LALep04154 (CURLA); 1 Ƌ, 10. VI.1996, CURLALep04155 (CURLA); 1 Ƌ, 2. VI.1997, CURLALep04156 (CURLA); 1 Ƌ, 4. VI.1997, CURLALep04157 (CURLA); 1 Ƌ, 21. VI.1999, CURLALep04158 (CURLA); NICA-RAGUA: 1 Ƌ, Type, Chontales, [Janson], C. diva Butl. Type, 70: 55, Chontales, diva, Butler (NHMUK); 2 Ƌ, 1 ♀, Nueva Segovia, Cerro Jesus, 13°57’47.12”N, 86°10´17.51”W, 988m, 15. V.2018 leg. E. van den Berghe, active at noon, perching on stems of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) and Heliconius (Heliconiaceae) in shade (EVDB); 1 Ƌ, Managua: Las Nubes: Hotel Bosque; 19.IX.2004, col. Vern Covlin (VCC); 1 Ƌ, Managua: Ticuantepe: Montibelli; 12.021389°N, 86.232190° W, alt. 400 m, 19.VII.2017, col. K. Gauthier (MEL); 1 Ƌ, Masaya: La Concha: RSP El Nisperal, 11.950969 N, 86.239660 W, 700 m, 20.VII.2017, col. Kevin Gauthier (MEL); 5 Ƌ, 3 ♀, Carazo, San Mar-cos vic. Finca las Orquídeas, 11°54´49.74”N, 86°10´59.33”W, 487m, 12.VIII.2013, leg. E. van den Berghe, active at noon, perching on stems of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) and Heliconius (Heliconiaceae) in shade (EVDB); 1 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Carazo, San Marcos vic. Cruz Negra, 11°55´15.69”N, 86°10´45.46”W, 448m, 15.VIII.2010, leg. E. van den Berghe, active at noon, perching on stems of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) and Heliconius (Heliconiaceae) in shade (EVDB); 2 Ƌ, 2 ♀, Carazo, San Marcos vic. Cruz Negra, 11°55´15.69”N, 86°10´45.46”W, 448m, 2.VIII.2004, leg. E. van den Berghe, active at noon, perching on stems of Zingiber (Zingiberaceae) and Heliconia (Heliconiaceae) under shade (EVDB).
description: Published as part of Berghe, Eric Den, 2020, Synopsis of the Castniidae (Lepidoptera) from Honduras and Nicaragua, Central America, pp. 272-284 in Zootaxa 4895 (2) on page 277, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4322550