Biology:Pelolasia

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Pelolasia is a genus of metalmarks in the butterfly family Riodinidae. There are about 25 described species in Pelolasia, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America.[1][2][3]

Pelolasia was proposed as a new genus in 2021, formed with species primarily from the genera Eurygona and Euselasia.[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Pelolasia:

  • Pelolasia amphidecta (Godman & Salvin, 1878) (Glossed Euselasia) (Central and South America)
  • Pelolasia argentea (Hewitson, 1871) (Orange-spotted Euselasia) Chiapas, Mexico, to Panama)
  • Pelolasia artos (Herrich-Schäffer, 1853) (South America)
  • Pelolasia aurantia (A. Butler & H. Druce, 1872) (Bright-centered Euselasia) (Costa Rica to Colombia))
  • Pelolasia bettina (Hewitson, 1869) (Black-topped Euselasia) (Nicaragua to Ecuador))
  • Pelolasia candaria (H. Druce, 1904)
  • Pelolasia cataleuca (R. Felder, 1869) (Black-edged Euselasia) (southeastern Mexico, Belize, Honduras)
  • Pelolasia chrysippe (H. Bates, 1866) (Golden Euselasia) (Mexico to Colombia)
  • Pelolasia euboea (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
  • Pelolasia eumedia (Hewitson, 1853) (South America)
  • Pelolasia eumenes (Hewitson, 1853)
  • Pelolasia eupatra (Seitz, 1916)
  • Pelolasia eusepus (Hewitson, 1853) (Eusepus Euselasia) (Panama to southern Brazil)
  • Pelolasia fervida (A. Butler, 1874) (South America)
  • Pelolasia hahneli (Staudinger, 1887)
  • Pelolasia ignitus (Stichel, 1924)
  • Pelolasia leucophryna (Schaus, 1913) (Glowing Euselasia) (Honduras, Costa Rica)
  • Pelolasia mazaca (Hewitson, 1860)
  • Pelolasia melaphaea (Hübner, 1823) (South America)
  • Pelolasia mirania (H. Bates, 1868)
  • Pelolasia nytua (J. Hall & Willmott, 2009)
  • Pelolasia pellonia (Stichel, 1919) (South America)
  • Pelolasia pelor (Hewitson, 1853)
  • Pelolasia rubrocilia (Lathy, 1926) (South America)
  • Pelolasia seitzi (Lathy, 1926) (South America)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A. et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy". The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 9 (3). ISSN 2643-4806. https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-9-3.pdf. Retrieved 2025-01-03. 
  2. ↑ Pelham, Jonathan P. (2024). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report). http://butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat.htm. Retrieved 2025-01-03. 
  3. ↑ "GBIF, Pelolasia". https://www.gbif.org/species/12011644. 

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