Redonda (genus)

Redonda is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. The genus is endemic from the Páramos in the Cordillera de Mérida in Venezuela, in northern South America. Known species and subspecies are separated in distinct mountain ranges. Females in the genus are smaller than males, and there is some degree of wing deformation in females of R. bordoni which might point to incipient brachyptery in this species. There are at least one additional unnamed subspecies of R. empetrus and one unnamed species.

Conservation

R. bordoni is listed as endangered in Venezuela's Red Book of Fauna.

Species

• Redonda empetrus (Thieme, 1905)
• Redonda bordoni Viloria & Pyrcz, 2003

References

• Viloria, A.L., T.W. Pyrcz, J.R. Ferrer-Paris, G.W. Beccaloni, K. Sattler & D.C. Lees. (2003) A brachypterous butterfly? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 270(S1):21-24.
• Ferrer-Paris, J.R. y A.L. Vitoria [sic] Mariposas altiandinas (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) y la conservación de los páramos en Venezula pp. 626–633. En: C.A. Jaramillo, C. Castaño Uribe, F. Arjona Hincapié, J.V. Rodríguez & C.L. Durán (eds.). Congreso Mundial de Páramos, Memorias Tomo I. Bogotá: Conservación Internacional Colombia.
• Viloria, A.L. Mariposa braquíptera de Bordón, en Libro Rojo de la Fauna Venezolana (tercera edición), Jon Paul Rodríguez y Franklin Rojas-Suarez (editores). Provita y Shell de Venezuela, S.A. Caracas 2008. ISBN 978-980-6774-01-8