SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267
[email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Leite, L. A. R.; Carneiro, E.; Mielke, O. H. H.; Casagrande, M. M. A new subspecies of Morpho telemachus (Linnaeus, 1758) from northeastern Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología, vol. 43, núm. 171, septiembre, 2015, pp. 479-498 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología Madrid, España Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45543215015 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 479-498 A new subspecies of Mor 9/9/15 17:53 Página 479 SHILAP Revta. lepid., 43 (171), septiembre 2015: 479-498 eISSN: 2340-4078 ISSN: 0300-5267 A new subspecies of Morpho telemachus (Linnaeus, 1758) from northeastern Brazil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) L. A. R. Leite, E. Carneiro, O. H. H. Mielke & M. M. Casagrande Abstract The description of a new subspecies, Morpho telemachus miersi Leite, Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, ssp. n., based on morphological and natural history data of adults and immatures from a forest fragment in savanna of northeast Brazil is presented. Illustrations, photographs and scanning electron microscopy images are also included. KEY WORDS: Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, life cycle, Menispermaceae, Morpho telemachus miersi, taxonomy, Brazil. Una nueva subespecie de Morpho telemachus (Linnaeus, 1758) en el noreste de Brasil (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Resumen Se presenta la descripción de una nueva subespecie, Morpho telemachus miersi Leite, Carneiro, Mielke & Casagrande, ssp.