Hermeuptychia Forster 1964
Creators: name: Espeland, Marianne
name: Nakahara, Shinichi
name: Zacca, Thamara
name: Barbosa, Eduardo P.
name: Huertas, Blanca
name: Marín, Mario A.
name: Lamas, Gerardo
name: Benmesbah, Mohamed
name: Brévignon, Christian
name: Casagrande, Mirna M.
name: Fåhraeus, Christer
name: Grishin, Nick
name: Kawahara, Akito Y.
name: Mielke, Olaf H. H.
name: Miller, Jacqueline Y.
name: Nakamura, Ichiro
name: Navas, Vanessa
name: Patrusky, Brooke
name: Pyrcz, Tomasz W.
name: Richards, Lindsay
name: Tan, Denise
name: Tyler, Stephanie
name: Viloria, Angel
name: Warren, Andrew D.
name: Xiao, Lei
name: Freitas, André V. L.
name: Willmott, Keith R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Hermeuptychia

description: <i>Hermeuptychia</i> clade The ‘ <i>Hermeuptychia</i> clade’ is well-supported (FULL dataset 98.8/99) and composed of two genera, <i>Hermeuptychia</i> and <i>Saurona</i> <b>gen.n.</b> (Figures 5, S 2 and S 3), that superficially look very different. Currently, 18 species of <i>Hermeuptychia</i> and two species of <i>Saurona</i> <b>gen.n.</b> are described, but the actual diversity of the clade is likely to be at least twice as high. Several species of <i>Hermeuptychia</i> have been described recently (Cong et al., 2021; Cong &amp; Grishin, 2014; Nakahara, Tan, et al., 2016), and there have been multiple recent taxonomic rearrangements (Cong et al., 2021; Viloria, 2021; Zacca et al., 2021). DNA barcoding data (COI) further suggest the existence of a number of cryptic species (Seraphim et al., 2014; Tan et al., 2021). Members of the ‘ <i>Hermeuptychia</i> clade’ are relatively small, with the forewing length often less than 20 mm. Apart from a few species, they have sexually monomorphic wing patterns with the females being slightly paler than males. Members of <i>Hermeuptychia</i> are exceptionally uniform and drab in coloration, while <i>Saurona</i> <b>gen.n.</b> contains two colourful described species with rather modified ventral hindwing markings. Possible synapomorphies and distinctive characters for the clade include the following: (a) absence of cephalic horns in all instars of the larvae (Cong &amp; Grishin, 2014; Cosmo et al., 2014; Janzen &amp; Hallwachs, 2022), remaining to be confirmed in <i>Saurona</i>; (b) presence of a short, dark dash on VFW between submedial and medial lines, along discocellular veins (not well-marked in some <i>Saurona</i> males). Members of the ‘ <i>Hermeuptychia</i> clade’ range from southern USA to Argentina, and from sea level to almost 3000 m, in a wide variety of habitats, from grasslands to dry forest, rain forest to cloud forest. There is an apparent slight centre of diversity in the western Amazon and east Andean foothills, where half-a-dozen species may be found in sympatry. As is typical for most members of Euptychiina, with the exception of <i>Euptychia</i>, known hostplants for members of this clade are either bamboos or other grasses in the family Poaceae, as well as species of Cyperaceae and Marantaceae (Beccaloni et al., 2008; Cong &amp; Grishin, 2014; Cosmo et al., 2014; Janzen &amp; Hallwachs, 2022; Murray, 2001b). A number of species also likely utilize non-native grasses as larval hostplants, as evidenced by the abundance of some <i>Hermeuptychia</i> species in highly disturbed habitats, garden lawns and cattle pastures (see also Cong &amp; Grishin, 2014).
description: Published as part of <i>Espeland, Marianne, Nakahara, Shinichi, Zacca, Thamara, Barbosa, Eduardo P., Huertas, Blanca, Marín, Mario A., Lamas, Gerardo, Benmesbah, Mohamed, Brévignon, Christian, Casagrande, Mirna M., Fåhraeus, Christer, Grishin, Nick, Kawahara, Akito Y., Mielke, Olaf H. H., Miller, Jacqueline Y., Nakamura, Ichiro, Navas, Vanessa, Patrusky, Brooke, Pyrcz, Tomasz W., Richards, Lindsay, Tan, Denise, Tyler, Stephanie, Viloria, Angel, Warren, Andrew D., Xiao, Lei, Freitas, André V. L. &amp; Willmott, Keith R., 2023, Combining target enrichment and Sanger sequencing data to clarify the systematics of the diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), pp. 1-73 in Zoological Research 2023</i> on page 11, DOI: 10.1111/syen.12590, http://zenodo.org/record/7909395
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