Pierella hyalinus

Glassy pierella
P. hyalinus hyalinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pierella
Species:
P. hyalinus
Binomial name
Pierella hyalinus
(Gmelin, [1790])[1]
Synonyms
  • Papilio hyalinus Gmelin, [1790]
  • Pierella hyalina Brown, 1948
  • Pieris dracontis Hübner, [1819]
  • Pierella hyalinus fusimaculata F.M. Brown, 1948

Pierella hyalinus, the glassy pierella or the hyalinus pierella,[2] is a species of butterfly in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. It was first described by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1790.[3]

Description

Pierella hyalinus is visually similar to the related Pierella lena.[3] Early researchers applied the moniker Pierella hyalinus to the insects found in the Amazon and Trinidad.[3] M.P. Clifton was of the opinion that there existed a species complex between P. hyalinus and P. lena.[3] P. hyalinus is differentiated from P. lena by the M3 terminal branch of the dorsal hindwing being prolonged, forming a sickle projection on the outer margin, and the marginal region with bluish scales.[4]

Subspecies

There are four known subspecies of Pierella hyalinus:[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Pierella Herrich-Schäffer, 1865" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. ^ Garwood, Kim. "Hyalinus Pierella (Pierella hyalinus)". Neotropical Butterflies. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d Vane-Wright, Richard Irwin (January 1975). "The butterflies named by J. F. Gmelin (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)" (PDF). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology. 32 (2). London: 30–31. ISSN 0524-6431. OCLC 2913828. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  4. ^ Paluch, Márlon; Zacca, Thamara; Siewert, Ricardo Russo; Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik; Casagrande, Mirna Martins (September 2015). "A New Subspecies of Pierella lena (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) in Northeastern Brazil". Florida Entomologist. 98 (3): 916–920. doi:10.1653/024.098.0316. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  5. ^ Wahlberg, Niklas. "Haeterini Classification". Nymphalidae.net. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  6. ^ a b Warren, A.D.; Davis, K.J.; Strangeland, E.M.; Pelham, J.P.; Wilmott, K.R.; Grishin, N.V. "Species Pierella hyalinus". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  7. ^ a b Constantino, Luis Miguel; Salazar E, Julián A. (December 2007). "Ilustración de tipos en rhopaloceros colombianos recientemente descritos (lepidoptera: nymphalidae, lycaenidae y riodinidae) con notas sobre su estatus taxonómico" [Illustration of types in Colombian Rhopalocera recently described (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Lycaenidae and Riodinidae) with notes about their taxonomic status]. Boletín Científico Centro de Museos Museo de Historia Natural (in Spanish). 11: 343. ISSN 0123-3068. Retrieved 28 June 2024.


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