Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Pronophilina
Genus: Manerebia
Species: Manerebia pluviosa

Name

Manerebia pluviosa Pyrcz & Viloria, 2007

Type locality: Venezuela, Táchira, Parque Nacional El Tamá, entre Betánia y La Banderola, 2810 m.

Holotype: MALUZ. male. 23.VIII.1996. leg. A. Viloria.

Etymology

The name is the feminine form of the Latin adjective pluviosus, meaning rainy. The male holotype was collected while flying very weakly during heavy rain in the upper cloud forest of the Sierra de El Tamá.

References

  • Pyrcz, Tomasz Wilhelm & Angel Luis Viloria, 2007, Tropical Lepidoptera 15 (1/2): 18–52
  • Gerardo Lamas, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera;Checklist:Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. (page 216, nr. 1120)
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