Notophyson tiresias
- 1. Museu de Diversidade Biológica, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP, CEP 13083 - 862, Brazil
- 2. Departamento de Biologia Animal, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Rua Monteiro Lobato, 255, Campinas, SP, CEP 13083 - 862, Brazil
Description
Notophyson tiresias (Cramer, 1776)
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Remarks.
This species does not exhibit sexual dimorphism. The presence of semi-translucent wing patterns suggests that this species engages in mimicry with other butterflies and moths, particularly some large Ithomiini in the genera Methona and Dircenna and the Danaini Lycorea illione (Nymphalidae). In the Amazon, this mimicry ring includes many other butterfly families, including Papilionidae (e. g. Parides hahneli) and Pieridae (e. g. Patia orise). The available information is restricted to the original description and its inclusion in faunal survey lists. The species exhibits a broad distribution, as evidenced by the description of the type species in the Amazon (Suriname) and documented occurrences in the Atlantic Forest.
Material examined.
1 male, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; 1 female, Brazil, Rio de Janeiro.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Cramer
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Erebidae
- Genus
- Notophyson
- Species
- tiresias
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Notophyson tiresias (Cramer, 1776) sec. Moraes, Freitas & Silva-Brandão, 2025