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Introduction
Eduardo Barbosa currently works at the Departamento de Biologia Animal, University of Campinas. Eduardo does research in Ecology, Entomology and Systematics (Taxonomy). His current project is 'Systematics and patterns of biogeographical distribution of butterflies’ genera from Euptychiina subtribe (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)'.
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June 2019 - present
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- Working on museomics of some old butterflies type specimens
November 2016 - October 2018
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Mcclungia fallens stat. rest. is a butterfly species found in lowland warm forests in the Brazilian states of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, and Bahia states. Due to its limited range, it is currently considered Critically Endangered in Brazil. However, a recent field trip to the fully protected Reserva Biológica (Rebio) União reserv...
The present paper describes the immature stages of the Neotropical satyrine butterfly Euptychia boulleti (Le Cerf, 1919) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Eggs were laid singly on the under surface of the fronds of its host plant, Selaginella muscosa Spring (Lycopodiopsida: Selaginellaceae). Larvae are solitary in all instars, with a color patter...
The present paper describes the immature stages of the Neotropical satyrine butterfly Euptychia boulleti (Le
Cerf, 1919) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Eggs were laid singly on the under surface of the fronds of its host
plant, Selaginella muscosa Spring (Lycopodiopsida: Selaginellaceae). Larvae are solitary in all instars, with a
color patter...
The tribe Ithomiini (Nymphalidae: Danainae) includes nearly 400 species of butterflies distributed from Mexico to Northern Argentina, and adults of all species are aposematic and the main models in several Neotropical mimicry rings. The subtribe Melinaeina, a small group composed of five genera of large ithomiines, is the sister group of all remain...
A new monotypic genus in the ‘ Archeuptychia clade’ Xikrin Barbosa, Freitas, Siewert & Marín gen. nov. (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae: Euptychiina) is described to accommodate a new species, Xikrin ueharapradoi Freitas & Barbosa gen. et sp. nov. , in the highly diverse Satyrinae subtribe Euptychiina, based mainly on molecular data. To date, this species i...
A brief historical review regarding the type locality of Euptychia stigmatica Godman, 1905 was conducted, which suggests that its type locality is actually Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, rather than northeastern Argentina, as previously purported. Consequently, E. stigmatica and its senior synonym E. cyanites Butler, 1871, are regarded to be two species-g...
Conservation status assessment of the butterflies of the family Nymphalidae (part) from Brazil
Dasyophthalma includes five species of medium-sized butterflies, all endemic from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil. All known species are univoltine and are dayflying, differently from other Brassolini that are mostly crepuscular. In despite of recent advances little is known about their natural history. Three out of the five species are included in t...
The diverse, largely Neotropical subtribe Euptychiina is widely regarded as one of the most taxonomically challenging groups among all butterflies. Over the last two decades, morphological and molecular studies have revealed widespread paraphyly and polyphyly among genera, and a comprehensive, robust phylogenetic hypothesis is needed to build a fir...
Here, we describe and name a new nymphalid butterfly species in the subtribe Euptychiina. Caeruleuptychia thaliana Nakahara & Piovesan, n. sp. is proposed by incorporating three independent sources of evidence: adult external morphology,
DNA sequence data, and early stage biology. Caeruleuptychia thaliana n. sp. is known from two sites in the Amaz...
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae (part) from Brazil
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Limenitidinae (part) from Brazil
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Heliconiinae (part) from Brazil
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Danainae (part) from Brazil
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Libytheinae from Brazil
Conservation assessment of the butterflies of the subfamily Charaxinae (part) from Brazil
Species losses are increasing and may have an impact on our understanding of patterns of evolutionary pathways and phylogenetic relationships among the groups being lost. The knowledge of such patterns can contribute to preventing future losses by identifying which lineages have higher or lower diversification rates, thus informing conservation str...
We here establish a new genus in the nymphalid butterfly subtribe Euptychiina, Cisandina Nakahara & Espeland,
n. gen. to harbor five species hitherto placed within two polyphyletic genera, namely Magneuptychia Forster,
1964 and Euptychoides Forster, 1964. We compiled data from over 350 specimens in 17 public and private collections, as well as DNA...
We here describe and name a new nymphalid butterfly species in the subtribe Euptychiina, Yphthimoides kinyoni Lamas, Nakahara & Barbosa, n. sp., based on an integrative taxonomic approach. Yphthimoides kinyoni n. sp. is currently known solely from the Cosñipata valley (Cuzco, Peru) where it is apparently confined to a narrow elevational zone. We in...
Two new species of Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964 are described. Hermeuptychia sinuosa Grishin, sp. n. (type locality Guatemala: El Progreso, Morazán) is an isolated member of the genus that does not readily fit into known species groups, as suggested by its distinct male and female genitalia and COI DNA barcode sequences. It is distinguished from its...
A new satyrine butterfly species, Splendeuptychia tupinamba Freitas, Huertas & Rosa, sp. nov. (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), is described. This species is found throughout a large geographical range in Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay, predominantly in the Cerrado domain, with some records in neighboring Amazonia and Atlantic Forest. Morphology and molecu...
Two new species of Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964 are described. Hermeuptychia sinuosa Grishin, sp. n. (type locality Guatemala: El Progreso, Morazán) is an isolated member of the genus that does not readily fit into known species groups, as suggested by its distinct male and female genitalia and COI DNA barcode sequences. It is distinguished from its...
A new genus of Euptychiina, Emeryus Zacca, Casagrande & Mielke, gen. nov., is herein described using an integrative taxonomic approach to accommodate three species previously placed in Paryphthimoides Forster, 1964: Emeryus argulus argulus (Godart, [1824]), comb. nov. (type species), Emeryus difficilis (Forster, 1964), comb. nov. and Emeryus numeri...
A new species of the butterfly satyrine subtribe Euptychiina is described: Carminda surpresa sp. nov. This species is apparently restricted to high altitude wet grasslands in southeastern Brazil. The description is based on morphological features, mainly from the wings, and male and female genitalia, and molecular data were also obtained and are us...
A systematic revision of Paryphthimoides , a satyrine genus widely distributed in Central and South America, is presented based on an integrative approach. Molecular phylogeny inferred using multiple methods with nuclear (GAPDH, RpS5) and mitochondrial (COI) genes indicates that Paryphthimoides , as currently circumscribed, is polyphyletic. A new t...
Memphis Hübner (1819) is the most species‐rich genus among the Neotropical Charaxinae, occurring from southern United States to Argentina. Memphis acidalia (Hübner, 1819; Anaeini), a common and widespread species distributed in all of South America east of the Andes, is part of a complex of superficially similar, and supposedly related, species wit...
The male genitalic characters of Hexapoda are well known for their great taxonomic and systematic value. Despite insect male genitalia displaying large diversity, variation, and modification across orders, some structures are consistently present, and such characters can serve as the basis for discussion regarding homology. In the order Lepidoptera...
The present paper describes the immature stages of the Neotropical satyrine butterfly Euptychia mollina (Hübner, [1813]) from the Brazilian Amazon Forest. Eggs were laid singly on the under surface of the fronds of its host plant, Selaginella sp. (Briophyta: Selaginellaceae). Larvae are solitary in all instars, presenting a color pattern and shape...
Adelpha messana (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867) is an uncommon forest species hitherto known from Central America to the Amazon basin. Here we report the species for the first time from the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil, where it occurs as a distinct subspecies which we describe and name as Adelpha messana seminivea Freitas, Willmott...
The immature stages of the butterfly Mechanitis polymnia casabranca (Haensch, 1905) are described in detail. The eggs are ellipsoidal, taller than wide, white and laid in clusters on the upper surface of mature leaves of Solanaceae host plants. The larva passes through five instars. The first instar head capsule is black and the body is translucent...
The immature stages of the butterfly Mechanitis polymnia casabranca (Haensch, 1905) are described in detail. The eggs are ellipsoidal, taller than wide, white and laid in clusters on the upper surface of mature leaves of Solanaceae host plants. The larva passes through five instars. The first instar head capsule is black and the body is translucent...
tA new genus and species of Euptychiina (Satyrinae), Cristalinaia vitoria Mota, Zacca & Freitas gen. et sp.nov., is described based on three specimens collected in the region of the Cristalino River, Alta Floresta,Mato Grosso, Brazil. This rare species is known only from this region, where it flies inside the densebamboo patches typical of that are...
Relationships within satyrine butterflies have been notoriously difficult to resolve using both morphology and Sanger sequencing methods, and this is particularly true for the mainly Neotropical subtribe Euptychiina, which contains about 400 described species. Known larvae of Euptychiina feed on grasses and sedges, with the exception of the genus E...
The genus Cissia Doubleday, 1848 is revised and its monophyly is tested using Maximum Likelihood analysis based on three genes (COI, GAPDH and RpS5). A new taxonomic arrangement is proposed based on molecular and morphological evidence, and Cissia now comprises six species, C. penelope (Fabricius, 1775), C. pompilia (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867), C...
Euptychia saltuensis Hayward, 1962, new synonym, currently regarded as a nomen dubium and possibly a junior subjective synonym of Yphthimoides manasses (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867), is here treated as a junior subjective synonym of Yphthimoides patricia (Hayward, 1957), based on morphological characters of the male genitalia and the DNA barcode. T...
A new genus, Nhambikuara Freitas, Barbosa & Zacca gen. nov., and species, Nhambikuara cerradensis Freitas, Barbosa & Zacca sp. nov., of the highly diverse Neotropical butterfly subtribe Euptychiina are described. Nhambikuara cerradensis sp. nov. is the type species for the genus, and Euptychia mima Butler, 1867 is also transferred to the new genus,...
The present paper describes a new species of Actinote (Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae, Acraeini) from southeastern Brazil, and describes the morphology of the adults and immature stages of this species. Actinote mantiqueira sp. nov. occurs in the Serra da Mantiqueira and Serra do Mar in the Atlantic Forest. Adults from this population are very similar t...
The genus Praepedaliodes Forster, 1964, the only representative of the mega-diverse mostly Andean Pedaliodes complex lineage in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, is revised. Prior to this study, four species were known, P. phanias (Hewitson, 1862), P. granulata (Butler, 1868), P. amussis (Thieme, 1905) and P. exul (Thieme, 1905). Here, a further six a...
A revision of Godartiana Forster, 1964 (Satyrinae: Euptychiina) is provided, including the description of a new species, G. amadoi Paluch, Zacca & Freitas sp. nov. from Bahia and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. Two genera, Cercyeuptychia L. Miller & Emmel, 1971 syn. nov. and Praefaunula Forster, 1964 syn. nov., are herein synonymised with Godartia...
A new satyrine species in the subtribe Euptychiina, Euptychia atlantica Nakahara & Freitas sp. nov., is described from the Atlantic coastal forest of Brazil. Based on the existing museum specimens, E. atlantica sp. nov. is known from the coastal montane forests of Rio de Janeiro to south Bahia, a unique biogeographical region which is undergoing ra...
Brassolines are among the largest Neotropical butterflies, with large eyespots resembling vertebrate eyes in their wings. Some subspecies of co-occurring brassolines show striking similarities in wing traits to the extent that mimicry within the tribe has been suggested. When adults exhibit phenotypic convergence, data on immature stages can be use...
A new genus is described for Neonympha griphe C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867, to contribute towards a revision of the polyphyletic genus Euptychoides Forster, 1964. Based on DNA sequence data, Graphita Nakahara, Marín & Barbosa, gen. nov. is strongly supported as a member of a clade of predominantly southeastern Brazilian taxa, in which it is weakly s...
The present paper describes the immature stages of the common Neotropical satyrine butterfly Pareuptychia ocirrhoe interjecta (R.F. d'Almeida, 1952). The solitary eggs are white and round, turning black 4 to 6 hours after oviposition. The four solitary larval instars are predominantly green and feed on grasses (Poaceae), including Setaria in nature...
Full text http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23766808.2016.1217582
This paper describes two new species of Neotropical butterflies: Yphthimoides blanquita Barbosa, Marín and Freitas sp. nov., from the dry forest of northwestern Colombia, and Yphthimoides nareta Barbosa & Freitas sp. nov. from northeastern Brazil, based on morphological an...
A revision of Godartiana Forster, 1964 (Satyrinae: Euptychiina) is provided, including the description of a new species, G. amadoi Paluch, Zacca & Freitas sp. nov. from Bahia and Pernambuco, northeastern Brazil. Two genera, Cercyeuptychia L. Miller & Emmel, 1971 syn. nov. and Praefaunula Forster, 1964 syn. nov., are herein synonymised with Godartia...
tSepona Freitas and Barbosa, gen. nov. is proposed for the Neotropical satyrine butterfly species Eup-tychia punctata Weymer, 1911 and its junior subjective synonyms Euptychia griseola Weymer, 1911 andTaygetis indecisa Ribeiro, 1931. The new genus has a distinctive wing pattern and shape of the valvae inthe male genitalia, the latter being a unique...
The present paper describes the immature stages and provides data on the population biology of the Neotropical satyrines Forsterinaria quantius and Forsterinaria necys (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Eggs of F. quantius are emerald green and laid singly; those of F. necys are bright yellow and oviposition is unknown. In both species, larvae feed on bam...
Documenting how diversity patterns vary at fine-and broad scales may help answer many questions in theoretical and applied ecology. However, studies tend to compare diversity patterns at the same scale and within the same taxonomic group, which limits the applicability and generality of the results. Here, we have investigated whether vegetation-dwe...
Three new species belonging to the butterflies satyrine subtribe Euptychiina are described: (1) Yphthimoides gabriela n. sp. occurring in low to medium altitudes in the coastal forests between the states of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, (2) Yphthimoides bella n. sp., from Brazilian Cerrado savannas, known from only two localities in the State of Goiás,...
The recently described butterfly Magneuptychia flavofascia was formerly known from only two localities in the Brazilian Cerrado savanna. Here, we report new distribution records, DNA barcode sequences, and information on the habitat, adult behavior and systematic position of this species.
This paper describes four new species of Moneuptychia as follows: M. montana Freitas, M. vitellina Freitas & Barbosa, M. pervagata Freitas, Siewert & Mielke and M. wahlbergi Freitas, Barbosa, Siewert & Mielke from south and southeastern Brazil. Details are presented on the morphology of adults of all species, and immature stages for two species, an...
Three new species belonging to the butterflies satyrine subtribe Euptychiina are described: (1) Yphthimoides gabriela n. sp. occurring in low to medium altitudes in the coastal forests between the states of Rio de Janeiro and Bahia, (2) Yphthimoides bella n. sp., from Brazilian Cerrado savannas, known from only two localities in the State of Goiás,...
This paper describes the morphology of the immature stages (egg, larva and pupa) and larval behavior of the butterfly Hermeuptychia atalanta, a common and widespread species of satyrinae in South America. Eggs are white and spherical, laid singly on leaves of grasses. The first instar has a light-green body and dark-brown head; all remaining instar...
Morphological and natural history aspects of the immature stages of nine species in the genus Dynamine Hübner, [1819], from eleven different locations in Brazil, are presented with illustrations, photographs and scanning electron microscopy. The results are discussed and compared with other species of Biblidinae.
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This paper describes the immature stages of Pagyris cymothoe cymothoe (Hewitson, 1855) based on samples collected in Venezuela and Colombia in 1991 and 2013, respectively. Eggs were collected on Brugmansia candida Pers. and Brugmansia suaveolens (Willd.), and reared on B. suaveolens under laboratory conditions at 25 ^ 28C. Larvae are gregarious, pa...
Atlanteuptychia Freitas, Barbosa & Mielke, gen. nov. is proposed for Euptychia ernestina Weymer, 1911 and illustrated. This taxon lacks the posterior projection of the tegumen, a synapomorphy of Euptychia Hübner, 1818, and does not share morphological synapomorphies with Cyllopsis R. Felder, 1869 and Paramacera Butler, 1868, two Central American ge...
Additional key words: Neotropical region, opportunistic behavior, sandy forest, Euphorbiaceae Tropical butterflies can be divided in two feeding guilds: nectar-feeders and fruit-feeders. Nectar-feeding species gather most of their nutritional requirements from flower nectar, while fruit-feeding butterflies feed on rotting fruits, feces, tree sap an...
This paper describes a new, abundant and widespread species of Yphthimoides Forster from the Atlantic forests of southern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina (Misiones) in open and secondary vegetation and forest edges. Adult and immature stage morphology is described, molecular data are provided, and the placement of the new species within th...
The immature stages of the Neotropical mistletoe butterfly Cunizza hirlanda planosla Fruhstorfer (Pieridae: Anthocharidini) are described and illustrated for the first time from cerrado areas of Central Brazil Plateau. Eggs are laid in small loose clusters (2-7 eggs) on new red leaves of the mistletoe Passovia ocata (Pohl ex DC.) Kuijt (Loranthacea...
Abstract The Neotropical genus Urbanus (Hübner) (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) contains around 34 described species, and is widely distributed from the extreme southern United States to Argentina. Here, we describe the larval morphology and behavior of Urbanus esmeraldus (Hübner)(Hesperiidae) in Urera baccifera (Urticaceae), a plant producing food rewa...
The pierid Charonias theano (Boisduval), an endangered butterfly species, has been rarely observed in nature, and has not been recorded in the state of São Paulo in the last 50 years despite numerous efforts to locate extant colonies. Based on museum specimens and personal information, C. theano was known from 26 sites in southeastern and southern...
The pierid Charonias theano (Boisduval), an endangered butterfly species, has been rarely observed in nature, and has not been recorded in the state of São Paulo in the last 50 years despite numerous efforts to locate extant colonies. Based on museum specimens and personal information, C. theano was known from 26 sites in southeastern and southern...
We provide the first information on the morphology of the immature stages (egg, larva, and pupa), oviposition and larval behavior, and host plant, for the Brazilian crescent butterfly Ortilia liriope (Cramer), based on material from Santarém Municipality, Pará State, Northern Brazil. Females of O. liriope lay eggs in clusters. After hatching, larva...
The early stages, food plant, and behavior of the endangered species Actinote zikani D'Almeida, 1951, are described from southeastern Brazil, Paranapiacaba, São Paulo. The only recorded host plant is a liana, Mikania obsoleta (Asteraceae). Eggs and larvae are grouped, and general morphology and behavior are similar to those of other species of Acti...
The immature stages (egg, larva, and pupa) morphology, larval and oviposition behavior, and host plant of the "eighty-eight" butterfly Diaethria clymena janeira (C. Felder, 1862) are described. Eggs are laid singly under leaf, and have pronounced vertical ribs ending up in a crown. Larvae of early instars construct stick-like frass chains where the...
The early stages, food plant and behavior of Actinote conspicua Jordan, 1913, are described from Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, Brazil. Immature stage morphological characters are compared to those of other Actinote species.
