Neotrop Entomol (2018) 47:211–255 DOI 10.1007/s13744-017-0543-x SYSTEMATICS, MORPHOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY Uncovered Diversity of a Predominantly Andean Butterfly Clade in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest: a Revision of the Genus Praepedaliodes Forster (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Satyrini) 1,2 3 4 5 5 3 3 TW PYRCZ , AVL FREITAS ,PBOYER , FMS DIAS ,DRDOLIBAINA ,EPBARBOSA ,LMMAGALDI , 5,6 5,6 2 OHH MIELKE ,MMCASAGRANDE ,JLORENC-BRUDECKA 1Entomology Dept, Institute of Zoology and Biomedical Research, Jagiellonian Univ, Kraków, Poland 2Nature Education Centre, Jagiellonian Univ, Kraków, Poland 3Depto de Biologia Animal and Museu de Zoologia, Instituto de Biologia, Univ Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, Brasil 47, Lotissement l’Horizon, Le Puy Sainte Réparade, France 5Lab de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical, Depto de Zoologia, Univ Federal do Parana, Curitiba, Brasil 6McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity, Univ of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA Keywords Abstract Brazil, molecular phylogeny, morphology, The genus Praepedaliodes Forster, 1964, the only representative of the new species, Pronophilina, taxonomy mega-diverse mostly Andean Pedaliodes complex lineage in the Brazilian Correspondence Atlantic Forest, is revised. Prior to this study, four species were known, J Lorenc-Brudecka, Nature Education P. phanias (Hewitson, 1862), P. granulata (Butler, 1868), P. amussis Centre, Jagiellonian Univ, ul. Gronostajowa 5, 30-387 Kraków, Poland; j.lorenc- (Thieme, 1905)andP. exul (Thieme, 1905). Here, a further six are de-
[email protected] scribed, all from SE Brazil, expanding to 10 the number of species in this genus. Lectotypes are designated for P. phanias, P. granulata and Edited by Takumasa Kondo – CORPOICA P. amussis. The genus is most diverse in the Serra da Mantiqueira (São Received 3 March 2017 and accepted 5 July Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais) and in the Serra Geral (Paraná, Santa 2017 Catarina) with seven species occurring in both ranges.