FIGURE 2 in Neotropical Blepolenis butterflies: wing pattern elements, phylogeny, and Pleistocene diversification (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae)

FIGURE 2. Blepolenis male and female genitalia, including dissection numbers as listed in Appendix 1. Male genitalia is illustrated in lateral and ventral views (setae omitted from right side of figure to emphasize the shape), an outline of the tegumen is given in dorsal view, and outlines of the distal portion of the valva in lateral view show the variation in the dorsal, subterminal spines. The ventral view of female sterigma includes most, but not all the length of the lateral arms. All drawings in the same scale except for corpus bursa; scale bars 1 mm, appearing under A and C. A, Blepolenis bassus male, Murtinho, Paraná, 09-14. B, B. bassus male valvae, top figure is the left valva of the specimen in A; bottom left, Brazil, 01-31; bottom right, Brazil, 08- 41. C, B. bassus female (the irregular signa are an artifact of preparation), São Bento [do Sul], [Rio Grande do Sul], 01-32. D, B. batea male, Serra do Caraça, Minas Gerais, 09-05. E, B. batea male valvae, top to bottom, left to right: Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro, 01-33; S. Paulo, 09-04; Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, 06-15; Nova Teutônia, Santa Catarina, 08-42. F, B. batea female, Santa Catarina, 06-16. G, B. catharinae male, Lagoa do Peri, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 09-01. H, no data, 09-15. I, Lagoa do Peri, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, 09-02.