OTHORENE OF THE WORLD

Female Othorene verana by Leroy Simon.

OTHORENE BOISDUVAL, 1872

The Genus Othorene belongs to the Subfamily Ceratocampinae of the Family Saturniidae. Ceratocampinae larvae are earth pupators.

The Othorene all fly in Central and South America.

Males and females have quadripectinate antennae for the basal half to three quarters.

Larvae are especially well-equiped with branched thoracic and anal "horns" in early instars. These projections are much less prominent in the final instar.

Othorene intermedia courtesy of Dan Janzen.

Many new species were named, described and depicted in the Entomo Satsphingia journal in 2011. The journal is published by Ron Brechlin and Frank Meister. I have arranged the five species most similar to O. purpurascens into the Purpurascens Group, and the four species most similar to O. verana into the Verana Group.

P indicates a photograph is available. The first country listed is the type locality.

Listing of Othorene

Cadmus Group

Othorene cadmus M: 95-112mm; F: 130mm Mfwl: 50-55mm Fw gc orangey-brown tiny, white fw cell spot brown entire length of fw outer margin hw orangey-brown, not carmine southeastern Brazil: Espirito Santo; Rio de Janeiro; Parana; Sao Paulo; Santa Catarina

Othorene hodeva M: 85-107mm; F: 115-135mm Mfwl: 49-55mm; F: 67-70mm) 120-1000m Guyana: Omai; Venezuela: Bolivar and Amazonas Trinidad French Guiana: Saint-Jean-du-Maroni, Saint-Georges-de-l'Oyapock, Saul, Kaw Colombia: Caqueta; ?Amazonas; ?Putamayo Ecuador: Napo, Morona-Santiago; Pastaza Peru: Amazonas; Loreto; Huanucu; Cuzco; Madre de Dios; ?San Martin; ?Ucayali; ?Junin Brazil: Amapa; Para; Amazonas; Goias; Mato Grosso Suriname: Brokopondo: Brownsberg Fw gc dark brown to purplish-brown Hw almost entirely red without strong brown borders

Othorene winbrechlini M: 108-127mm; F: 138-173mm Mfwl: 55-65mm; F: 70-88mm 280-1800m Fw gc greyish brown to orangey-brown Hw outer margin with brown border Bolivia: La Paz: Nor Yungas Ecuador: Napo??; Pastaza?? Peru: Loreto; Amazonas; San Martin; Cusco; Madre de Dios; Ucayali; Junin; Pasco; Puno northwestern Brazil: Amazonas; Rhondonia; Para; ?? western Mato Grosso

P cadmus (Herrich-Schaffer, [1854]) southeastern Brazil
P hodeva (Druce, 1904) Guyana, Venezuela, Trinidad, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil?, Ecuador?, Peru?
rubra, Schaus, 1904, Guyana, is a synonym for hodeva
I suspect specimens previously classified as hodeva from eastern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador and northwestern Brazil are most likely O. winbrechlini.
P winbrechlini Brechlin & Meister, 2011 northwestern Bolivia, eastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, northwestern Brazil

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N kitchingi Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Brazil: Bahia
N cearaiana Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Brazil: Ceara
N carameridensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Venezuela: Merida; Carabobo
N verana potosiana Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Mexico: San Luis Potosi
P verana sonorensis Brechlin & Meister, 2013 Mexico: Sonora; Sinaloa
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Purpurascens Group:

Othorene intermedia

Othorene lapaziana

Othorene peggyae

Othorene intermedia

Othorene purpurascens

Othorene peggyae

P intermedia, W. Rothschild, 1907, Costa Rica: Puntarenas, now, 2011, via Brechlin & Meister, is a separate species, no longer a synonym of purpurascens
N lapaziana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 northwestern Bolivia: La Paz; Beni
P peggyae Brechlin & Meister, 2011 northeastern Argentina, southeastern Brazil
P purpurascens (Schaus, 1905) French Guiana, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, (probably Honduras and El Salvador), Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname (JvB), Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
f. intensiva, Draudt, 1930, Colombia, is a synonym for pupurascens
mixio, Travassos & May, 1943, Brazil, is a synonym for pupurascens
N vanschaykorum Brechlin & Meister, 2011 western Ecuador: Durango; Esmeraldas; Imbabura; Pichincha; Peru: Tumbes

Verana Group:

Othorene verana Mexico: Nuevo Leon; Hidalgo; Puebla; San Luis Potosi; Veracruz: Dos Amates; Chiapas

Othorene verana veroaxensis Mexico: Oaxaca

Othorene verana verapaziana Guatemala: Alta Verapaz; Solola; Izabal ??Honduras ??Nicaragua: Esteli

Othorene bernardoespinozai 310-1470m Costa Rica: Guanacaste Nicaragua: Jinotega; Matagalpa; Nueva Segovia

P bernardoespinozai Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Costa Rica: Guanacaste; Nicaragua: Jinotega; Maltagapa; Nueva Segovia.
P verana Schaus, 1900 Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama; probably El Salvador and Honduras
cadmus castanea, Packard, 1905, Mexico, is a synonym for verana
P verana verapaziana Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Guatemala: Alta Verapaz; Baja Verapaz; Solola; Izabal
N verana veroaxensis Brechlin & Meister, 2011 Mexico: Oaxaca

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