Nivaliodes puriq

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Pronophilina
Genus: Nivaliodes
Species: Nivaliodes puriq

Name

Nivaliodes puriq Pyrcz, Boyer & Cerdeñain Pyrcz et al., 2024:

Type locality: Perú, Huancavelica, Est de Huari, 4 km east of Trancapampa, HV109, PK26, 12°02ʹ48″S, 74°55ʹ05″W, 3220 m.

Holotype: MUSM. male ♂. 29.IX.2021. legit P. Boyer.

References

Primary references

• Pyrcz, T.W., Mahecha-Jiménez, O., Boyer, P., Lachowska-Cierlik, D., Cerdeña, J.A., Farfán Larico, J., Garlacz, R., Lorenc-Brudecka, J., Bálint, Z., Fåhraeus, C., Zając-Garlacz, K.S. & Espeland, M. 2024a. A snow-dwelling tropical butterfly? An unprecedented discovery of a new genus of the Pedaliodes clade in an extreme, high-altitude Andean environment (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 202(2): zlae112. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae112. Reference page. .