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. 2003 Aug 7;270(Suppl 1):S21–S24. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0015

A brachypterous butterfly?

Angel L Viloria 1, Tomasz W Pyrcz 1, Janusz Wojtusiak 1, José R Ferrer-Paris 1, George W Beccaloni 1, Klaus Sattler 1, David C Lees 1
PMCID: PMC1698010  PMID: 12952626

Abstract

Butterflies of the genus Redonda Adams & Bernard (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) are endemic to the Andes of Venezuela. They comprise a monophyletic group of five allopatric taxa, females of which show various degrees of wing reduction and ability to fly. The female of Redonda bordoni Viloria & Pyrcz sp. nov. appears to be brachypterous and incapable of sustained flight, a phenomenon previously unknown within the Rhopalocera.

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