Before it is too late: description of a new genus and species of butterfly from a highly threatened Brazilian biome

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 Euptych...

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Main Authors: André V.L. Freitas, Eduardo P. Barbosa, Thamara Zacca, Mario Alejandro Marín, Marina V. Beirão, André R.M. Silva, Mirna M. Casagrande, Marianne Espeland, Keith R. Willmott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Entomologia 2018-04-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Entomologia
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0085562617301863