A new species of Pheles Herrich–Schaeffer from Northeast Brazil (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)

CURTIS J. CALLAGHAN; CARLOS EDUARDO BESERRA NOBRE

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.7

Issue: Vol. 3780 No. 3: 24 Mar. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-03-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3780.3.7

Page range: 558–566

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**A new species of Pheles Herrich–Schaeffer from Northeast Brazil (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae)**

CURTIS J. CALLAGHAN⁺⁻
CARLOS EDUARDO BESERRA NOBRE⁺⁻

Casa Picapau, Floresta de la Sabana, Cra. 7, 237-04 Bogotá, Colombia

CEMAFAUNA - Centro de Conservação e Manejo de Fauna da Caatinga, Campus Ciências Agrárias, BR 407, Km 12, lote 543, Projeto de Irrigação Nilo Coelho, S/N Cep. 56.300-000,Petrolina - PE

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Abstract

A new species of Riodinidae, Pheles caatingensis Callaghan & Nobre, sp. nov. from Ceará and Pernambuco State in Brazil is described, along with its habitat, behavior and taxonomic differences with other members of the genus Pheles. Notes are included on distribution and mimetic relationships with other sympatric insects.