Redonda chiquinquirana explained

Redonda chiquinquirana is a butterfly species from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is endemic from the Cordillera de Merida páramo in Venezuela, in northern South America. R. chiquinquirana show high degree of sexual dimorphism in wingsize, in which females show some degree of wing deformation which might point to incipient brachyptery.^[1]

Taxonomy and nomenclature

Populations of this species were often referred to as an undescribed subspecies of Redonda empetrus.^{[2] [3]}

Conservation

Redonda chiquinquirana is listed as endangered in Venezuela's Red Book of Fauna.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Viloria. A.L.. Pyrcz. T.W.. Ferrer-Paris. J.R.. Beccaloni. G.. Sattler. K.. Lees. D.C.. A brachypterous butterfly?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 2003. 270. S1. 21–24. 10.1098/rsbl.2003.0015. 12952626. 1698010.
2. Ferrer-Paris . J. R. . 2000 . Der Genus Redonda (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae): Fallstudie über Anpassung und Verbreitung in den Páramos von Venezuela . The genus Redonda (Lepidoptera: Satyrinae): a model to study adaptation and distribution in the páramos of Venezuela . Dipl. Biol. thesis . Bayreuth . Universität Bayreuth .
3. Book: Pyrcz, T. W. . 2010 . Evolution of butterflies of the genus Redonda (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae), and their adaptation to the high Andean environment . 265–273 . Mirek . Z. . A. . Flakus . A. . Krzanowska . A. . Paulo . J. . Wojtusiak . The Nature and Culture of Latin America . Review of Polish Studies . Kraków . Szafer Institute of Botany, Polish Academy of Sciences . 978-83-89648-85-3 .
4. Ferrer-París, J. R. y Viloria, A. L. (2015). Mariposa paramera de Mucubají, Redonda chiquinquirana. En: J.P. Rodríguez, A. García-Rawlins y F. Rojas-Suárez (eds.) Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana. Cuarta edición. Provita y Fundación Empresas Polar, Caracas, Venezuela. Recuperado de: http://animalesamenazados.provita.org.ve/content/mariposa-paramera-de-mucubaji Lun, 09/05/2016 - 11:56