Velamysta desmondi

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 Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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: Danainae
Tribus: Ithomiini
Subtribus: Godyridina
Genus: Velamysta
Species: Velamysta desmondi

Name

Velamysta desmondi Kell & Willmott in Willmott et al., 2020: 36

Type locality: Ecuador, Pichincha: Reserva Las Gralarias, [0°0'39S,78°43'50W], 2050 m.

Holotype: INABIO. male ♂. 27.IX.2011. legit T. Kell. FLMNH- MGCL-151115. Genitalic dissection KW-11-93.

References

Primary references

• Willmott, K.R., Lamas, G., Hall, J.P.W., Mota, L.L. & Kell, T. 2020. The common, the rare, and the lost: Descriptions of twelve new species and three new subspecies of equatorial Ithomiini (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Danainae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 30(1): 1-49. Reference page.