TY  - GEN
A1  - Blandini, Patrick
A1  - Bristow, Roger
A1  - Neild, Andrew
A1  - Sousa, Juan Carlos de
A1  - Gareca, Yuvinka
A1  - Huertas, Blanca
T1  - Revisiting the Andean butterfly Eryphanis zolvizora group (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) : one or several species?
T2  - European journal of taxonomy : 71
N2  - Eryphanis zolvizora (Hewitson, 1877) is a rare Andean endemic butterfly, described from Bolivia, which has been historically classified either as a unique species, or as part of a group of three allopatric species from Bolivia, Ecuador and Colombia. In this paper, the group is revised using more than 200 specimens housed in 35 European and North and South American public and private collections. For the first time, the presence of the group in Western Ecuador and Venezuela is confirmed, and important data on Peruvian populations are provided. In some populations, individual variations of genitalia are observed. Nevertheless, male genitalia allow the distinction of four geographical groups. Considering also habitus characters, eight taxa are distinguished and considered to be subspecies, of which five are new: Eryphanis zolvizora inca ssp. nov., Eryphanis zolvizora chachapoya ssp. nov., Eryphanis zolvizora casagrande ssp. nov., Eryphanis zolvizora reyi ssp. nov., and Eryphanis zolvizora isabelae ssp. nov. In the present state of knowledge, these taxa are allopatric, except for a possible geographic overlap in central Peru, where data are insufficient to prove sympatry. The “several subspecies vs. several species” dilemma is discussed, considering its impact for conservation action and policies.
T3  - European journal of taxonomy  : EJT - 71 
KW  - Morphinae
KW  - Brassolini
KW  - Eryphanis zolvizora group
KW  - subspecies
KW  - taxonomic inflation
Y1  - 2014
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/32774
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-327741
PB  - Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
CY  - Paris
ER  -