A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin

Authors

  • Adalberto Dantas de Medeiros Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudos em Lepidoptera Neotropical. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7675-2407
  • Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke Universidade Federal do Paraná, Setor de Ciências Biológicas, Departamento de Zoologia, Laboratório de Estudos em Lepidoptera Neotropical. Curitiba, PR, Brasil. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-4606

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2025.65.019

Keywords:

Lento yaguar, Morphology, New taxa, Skippers, Taxonomy

Abstract

A rare new species of skipper butterfly from the western Amazon Basin (Cuzco and Madre de Dios, Peru and Acre, Brazil) belonging to the subtribe Moncina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) is herein described: Lento yaguar Medeiros & O. Mielke sp. nov. The new species can be easily recognized by the conspicuous yellow and black hind wing ventral pattern, that resembles the peculiar color of a jaguar’s skin. This interesting pattern is unique among Hesperiidae, and a similar pattern occurs only in a few species of Riodinidae. The presence of an unusual, modified scale patch on the male abdominal tergites III, IV, and V of L. yaguar sp. nov., is herein hypothesized as an androconial organ and represents the first record of this kind of structure on the abdominal tergum of a skipper species.

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2025-05-13

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Vol. 65 (2025)

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Medeiros, A. D. de, & Mielke, O. H. H. (2025). A rare new species of Lento Evans, 1955 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) from the western Amazon Basin. Papéis Avulsos De Zoologia, 65, e202565019. https://doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2025.65.019

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