Two new species of Bebearia Hemming, 1960, as further evidence of centre of endemism of butterflies in Western Nigeria (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Limenitinae)
| Autor: | Oskar Brattström, Szabolcs Sáfián, Tomasz W. Pyrcz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Male Insecta Arthropoda Nigeria Nymphalidae Lepidoptera genitalia 03 medical and health sciences Adoliadini Species Specificity Genus West Africa Animalia Animals Endemism Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Taxonomy Bebearia oshogbo sp nov Bebearia wojtusiaki sp nov biology Ecology fruit-feeding butterflies Bebearia Biodiversity biology.organism_classification Lepidoptera 030104 developmental biology Taxon Butterfly Animal Science and Zoology Female tropical rainforest Butterflies western Nigeria sub-region Tropical rainforest |
| Zdroj: | Zootaxa. 4175(5) |
| ISSN: | 1175-5334 |
| Popis: | Two new endemic butterfly species from the genus Bebearia: B. oshogbo sp. nov. and B. wojtusiaki sp. nov., are described from western Nigeria; B. oshogbo is most closely related to the Guineo-Congolian B. tentyris (Hewitson) and the Upper Guinean B. osyris (Schultze), whereas B. wojtusiaki constitutes a morphological and biogeographic link between the Central African B. plistonax (Hewitson) and the Upper Guinean endemic B. arcadius (Fabricius). The finding of these new species gives further strong evidence that western Nigeria should be recognized as a distinct biogeographic sub-region of West Africa, as the area hosts a substantial number of endemic taxa (listed in the discussion). |
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