Infraphulia illimani (Weymer 1890)

Infraphulia illimani (Weymer)

Phulia nympula var. illimani Weymer, in Weymer and Maassen, 1890:98.—Weymer, 1890:125, pl. 4: fig. 2.—Hemming, 1967:232.

Phulia illimani.—Staudinger, 1894:49, 51–54.—Röber, 1909a:97. pl. 28: fig. d-3; 1910:97, pl. 28: fig. d-3.—Dyar, 1913:628.—Talbot, 1932:59.—Zischka, 1951:29.—Herrera, 1954a: 140, 147; 1954b:52, 57.–Forster, 1955:137.—Herrera and Etcheverry, 1956:284, 289.

Phulia jllimani [sic].—Staudinger, 1895, pl. 1: figs. 8, 14.

Phulia (Infraphulia) illimani.—Field, 1958:114, 115, 122, 124, 126, 128, 131, figs. 5, 13, 21, 29, 38.

Phulia illimani illimani.—Ureta, 1963:98.

MALE (Figures 64, 84, photographs of a topotype).—Wings with ground color on both surfaces white and with dark markings as illustrated. Uppersurfaces similar to Phulia garleppi with discal spot sometimes absent on forewing or if present very small. Subapical spots of forewing larger, more confluent and with markings along outer margin at apex larger and more distinct than in P. garleppi. Wings below also somewhat similar to that species with ground color slightly more yellowish on disc and in base of hind wing and differing from that species on this surface in having fine red or pinkish lines between the veins on apex of forewing and sometimes with red along the costal margin of hind wing. All dark markings below darker than in P. garleppi.

Length of forewing, 13–15 mm (average 14 mm).

FEMALE (Figures 65, 85, photographs of a topotype; Figures 66, 86, photographs of a specimen from Hichucota, Bolivia).—Wings with ground color white or yellowish white on disc and in the light submarginal area of forewing above and usually on this surface of hind wing. Dark markings extensive in this sex. Undersurfaces similar to the male with dark markings usually more distinct.

Length of forewing, 12.5–14 mm (average 13.5 mm).

VENATION (Figure 172).—Forewing with three radial veins, R4+5 having completely anastomosed with vein R3.

CLAW, PARONYCHIUM, AND PULVILLUS (Figure 191).—Claw with ventral tooth larger than in I. madeleinea and I. ilyodes.

MALE GENITALIA (Figure 136, drawn from preparation WDF 5384).—As illustrated and differing slightly from other species in having valva more rounded at the apex.

FEMALE GENITALIA (Figure 154, drawn from preparation WDF 5385).—As illustrated with a signum that is entirely smooth and with bursa copulatrix lacking accessory pouch.

TYPE DATA.—The type-locality is “Illimani (Bolivien) 4600 m.” This species was described from a single female specimen, the holotype, which is in the Stübel collection of the Zoological Museum, Humboldt University, East Berlin.

ETYMOLOGY.—The name illimani is a noun in apposition with the generic name and is the name of the type-locality of this species.

NATURAL HISTORY.—This species has a strong rapid flight and flies at high elevations where it is exposed to strong winds.

DISTRIBUTION (see Map 3).—This species is found at Illimani north through the Cordillera Real of Bolivia, at Málaga (to the northeast of Cochabamba) and at Puno, Peru.

MATERIAL EXAMINED (22 males, 12 females).—BOLIVIA: Department of La Paz, Illimani (January, 4400 meters); La Paz (January); Estacion Cumbre (Februan); Hichucota (June, 4300 meters). Department of Cochabamba, Málaga. PERU: Department of Puno, Puno (4875 meters).

La infraphulia illimani ye una especie de caparina, de la familia de les piérides, que foi descrita orixinalmente col nome de Phulia illimani, por Gustav Weymer, en 1890, a partir d'exemplares procedentes de Bolivia.

Infraphulia illimani es una especie de mariposa, de la familia de las piérides, que fue descrita originalmente con el nombre de Phulia illimani, por Gustav Weymer, en 1890, a partir de ejemplares procedentes de Bolivia.​​