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{"title":"Additional taxonomic refinements suggested by genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7604053","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.7604053","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Comparative analyses of genomic data reveal further insights into the phylogeny and taxonomic classification of butterflies presented here. As a result, 2 new subgenera and 2 new species of Hesperiidae are described: <i>Borna</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Godmania borincona</i> Watson, 1937) and <i>Lilla</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Choranthus lilliae</i> Bell, 1931) of <i>Choranthus</i> Scudder, 1872, <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>markwalkeri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Mexico: Sonora), and <i>Hedone yunga</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Bolivia: Yungas, La Paz). The <b>lectotype</b> is designated for <i>Aethilla toxeus</i> Plötz, 1882. The type locality of <i>Dion uza</i> (Hewitson, 1877) is likely in southern Brazil. A number of taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are subgenera, not genera: <i>Plebulina</i> Nabokov, 1945 of <i>Icaricia</i> Nabokov, 1945; <i>Sinia</i> Forster, 1940 of <i>Glaucopsyche</i> Scudder, 1872; <i>Pseudophilotes</i> Beuret, 1958 of <i>Palaeophilotes</i> Forster, 1938; and <i>Agraulis</i> Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835] of <i>Dione</i> Hübner, [1819]. <i>Asbolis</i> Mabille, 1904 is a subgenus of <i>Choranthus</i> Scudder, 1872 rather than its synonym. The following are species, not subspecies or synonyms: <i>Glaucopsyche algirica</i> (Heyne, 1895) (not <i>Glaucopsyche melanops</i> (Boisduval, 1829)), <i>Chlosyne flavula</i> (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) (not <i>Chlosyne palla</i> (Boisduval, 1852)), <i>Cercyonis hypoleuca</i> Hawks & J. Emmel, 1998 (not <i>Cercyonis sthenele</i> (Boisduval, 1852)), <i>Cecropterus coyote</i> (Skinner, 1892) and <i>Cecropterus nigrociliata</i> (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) (not <i>Aethilla toxeus</i> Plötz, 1882), <i>Aguna malia</i> Evans, 1952 (not <i>Aguna megaeles</i> (Mabille, 1888)), <i>Polygonus arizonensis</i> (Skinner, 1911), <i>Polygonus histrio</i> Röber, 1925, <i>Polygonus pallida</i> Röber, 1925, and <i>Polygonus hagar</i> Evans, 1952 (not <i>Polygonus leo</i> (Gmelin, [1790])), <i>Viola kuma</i> (Bell, 1942), <b>comb. nov.</b> (not <i>Pachyneuria helena</i> (Hayward, 1939)), <i>Tamela maura</i> (Snellen, 1886) (not <i>Tamela othonias</i> (Hewitson, 1878)), <i>Tamela diocles</i> (Moore, [1866]) (not <i>Tamela nigrita</i> (Latreille, [1824])), <i>Vinius phellus</i> (Mabille, 1883) (not <i>Vinius exilis</i> (Plötz, 1883)), <i>Vinius sophistes</i> (Dyar, 1918) (not <i>Vinius tryhana</i> (Kaye, 1914)), and <i>Rhinthon andricus</i> (Mabille, 1895) and <i>Rhinthon aqua</i> (Evans, 1955) (not <i>Rhinthon braesia</i> (Hewitson, 1867)). The following are new and revised species-subspecies combinations: <i>Cercyonis sthenele damei</i> W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (not <i>Cercyonis meadii</i> (W. H. Edwards, 1872)) and <i>Chlosyne flavula blackmorei</i> Pelham, 2008 and <i>Chlosyne flavula calydon</i> (W. Holland, 1931) (not <i>Chlosyne palla</i>). The following are valid subspecies resurrected from","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"11 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9934913/pdf/nihms-1871576.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10788600","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neotype designation for <i>Papilio fulgerator</i> Walch, 1775 (Hesperiidae: Eudaminae).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Gerardo Lamas, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7272388","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.7272388","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The discovery that a skipper butterfly <i>Telegonus fulgerator</i> (Walch, 1775), previously placed in the genus <i>Astraptes</i> Hübner, [1819], is a complex of many similar-looking species-level taxa with different COI barcodes, caterpillar foodplants and body patterns, and subtle differences in adult phenotypes raised a question about which species is the original <i>T. fulgerator</i>. To answer this question, being unable to locate its holotype, we designate the <b>neotype</b> of <i>Papilio fulgerator</i> Walch, 1775, a female specimen from Suriname in the Zoological State Collection, Munich, Germany. This neotype will form the foundation for a comprehensive revision of the <i>T. fulgerator</i> complex based on genomic sequencing and analysis augmented with phenotypic considerations.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"10 8","pages":"1-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645580/pdf/nihms-1846940.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40477452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Qian Cong,&nbsp;Jinhui Shen,&nbsp;Leina Song,&nbsp;Riley J Gott,&nbsp;Pierre Boyer,&nbsp;Crispin S Guppy,&nbsp;Steve Kohler,&nbsp;Gerardo Lamas,&nbsp;Paul A Opler,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.7160429","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7160429","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The comparative genomics of butterflies yields additional insights into their phylogeny and classification that are compiled here. As a result, 3 genera, 5 subgenera, 5 species, and 3 subspecies are proposed as new, i.e., in Hesperiidae: <i>Antina</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Antigonus minor</i> O. Mielke, 1980), <i>Pompe</i> Grishin and Lamas, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Lerema postpuncta</i> Draudt, 1923), and <i>Curva</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Moeris hyagnis</i> Godman, 1900); in Lycaenidae: <i>Fussia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Polyommatus standfussi</i> Grum-Grshimailo, 1891) and <i>Pava</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Thecla panava</i> Westwood, 1852); in Hesperiidae: <i>Monoca</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Tagiades monophthalma</i> Plötz, 1884), <i>Putuma</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Tisias putumayo</i> Constantino and Salazar, 2013), and <i>Rayia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (type species <i>Mastor perigenes</i> Godman, 1900); <i>Cissia wahala</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Nymphalidae; type locality in Mexico: Oaxaca); in Hesperiidae: <i>Hedone mira</i> Grishin and Lamas, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Peru: Apurímac), <i>Vidius pompeoides</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (type locality in Brazil: Amazonas), <i>Parphorus hermieri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Hesperiidae; type locality in Brazil: Rondônia), and <i>Zenis par</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Hesperiidae; type locality in Peru: Cuzco); in Pieridae: <i>Glutophrissa drusilla noroesta</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in USA: Texas, Cameron Co.) and <i>Pieris marginalis siblanca</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in USA: New Mexico, Lincoln Co.), and <i>Argynnis cybele neomexicana</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Nymphalidae; type locality in USA: New Mexico, Sandoval Co.). <i>Acidalia leto valesinoides-alba</i> Reuss, [1926] and <i>Acidalia nokomis valesinoides-alba</i> Reuss, [1926] are unavailable names. <b>Neotypes</b> are designated for <i>Mylothris margarita</i> Hübner, [1825] (type locality in Brazil) and <i>Papilio coras</i> Cramer, 1775 (type locality becomes USA: Pennsylvania, Montgomery Co., Flourtown). <i>Mylothris margarita</i> Hübner, [1825] becomes a junior objective synonym of <i>Pieris ilaire</i> Godart, 1819, currently a junior subjective synonym of <i>Glutophrissa drusilla</i> (Cramer, 1777). <b>Lectotypes</b> are designated for <i>Hesperia ceramica</i> Plötz, 1886 (type locality in Indonesia: Seram Island), <i>Pamphila trebius</i> Mabille, 1891 (type locality Colombia: Bogota), <i>Methionopsis modestus</i> Godman, 1901 and <i>Papias microsema</i> Godman, 1900 (type locality in Mexico: Tabasco), <i>Hesperia fusca</i> Grote & Robinson, 1867 (type locality in USA: Georgia), <i>Goniloba corusca</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, and <i>Goniloba devanes</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1869; the type localities of the last two species, together with <i>Pamphila st","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"10 7","pages":"1-59"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9645532/pdf/nihms-1842990.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40465616","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini).","authors":"Jing Zhang, Q. Cong, J. Burns, N. Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.6510282","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6510282","url":null,"abstract":"We present an analysis of the names proposed by Carl Plötz in 1884 for the New World species in the genus Pyrgus Hübner, [1819] facilitated by the genomic sequencing of extant primary type specimens comparatively with a larger sample of more recently collected specimens of these species and their relatives. The changes to nomenclature suggested here are only caused by the identity of primary type specimens as revealed by their phenotypes or through genomic sequencing. All neotypes are designated to stabilize nomenclature in agreement with the current usage of these names, which in unison agrees best with the information available about them. Lectotypes are designated for the following 5 taxa: Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) bellatrix Plötz, 1884 (type locality Argentina: Buenos Aires), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) willi Plötz, 1884 (type locality in Brazil: Minas Gerais), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) albescens Plötz, 1884 (type locality in Mexico), Pyrgus (Syrichthus [sic]) lycurgus Plötz, 1884 (type locality in \"Central America\", likely southern Mexico), and Pyrgus occidentalis Skinner, 1906 (type locality USA: Texas, San Antonio). Neotypes are designated for the following 4 taxa: Pyrgus (Pyrgus) adepta Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality Colombia: Bogota), Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) dion Plötz, 1884 (type locality Colombia: Bogota), Pyrgus (Scelothrix [sic]) adjutrix Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality in Mexico: Nuevo Leon), Pyrgus (Pyrgus) insolatrix Plötz, 1884 (Herrich-Schäffer in litt.) (type locality in \"Central America\", likely southern Mexico). As a result, P. lycurgus and P. insolatrix are objective synonyms. The following are junior subjective synonyms: P. dion of Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884), Pyrgus (Syrichthus [sic]) varus Plötz, 1884 of Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) and P. adjutrix of Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767). Heliopetes (Heliopyrgus) willi (Plötz, 1884) is a species-level taxon and not a subspecies of Heliopetes (Heliopyrgus) domicella (Erichson, [1849])). Genomic analysis of the lectotypes of P. albescens, P. lycurgus, and P. occidentalis establishes them as conspecific with Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872), thus depriving a distinct species currently identified as Burnsius albescens from its name, that becomes a name for Burnsius communis albescens (Plötz, 1884) in accord with its lectotype identity; P. lycurgus and P. insolatrix are its junior subjective synonyms, but P. occidentalis is a junior subjective synonym of B. communis communis. A new name Burnsius albezens Grishin sp. n. (type locality USA: Arizona, Cochise Co., Portal) is proposed for the species misidentified as B. albescens. Furthermore, genomic comparisons reveal two other new species and one new subspecies of Burnsius Grishin, 2019: B. burnsi Grishin sp. n. (type locality Mexico: Veracruz, Huatusco), B. adepta inepta Grishin ssp. n. (type locality Ecuador: Pichincha, Tandapi), and B. orcynus Grishin sp. n. (type locality Curaçao: Hato Field) that are","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"27 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73526946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Two new species of <i>Hermeuptychia</i> from North America and three neotype designations (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae).","authors":"Qian Cong, Eduardo P Barbosa, Mario A Marín, André V L Freitas, Gerardo Lamas, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.5622602","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.5622602","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Two new species of <i>Hermeuptychia</i> Forster, 1964 are described. <i>Hermeuptychia sinuosa</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n</b>. (type locality Guatemala: El Progreso, Morazán) is an isolated member of the genus that does not readily fit into known species groups, as suggested by its distinct male and female genitalia and COI DNA barcode sequences. It is distinguished from its congeners by prominently wavy submarginal lines, rounder wings and distinctive genitalia, and can typically be identified by a white dot, instead of an eyespot, near the ventral hindwing apex. <i>Hermeuptychia occidentalis</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n</b>. (type locality Mexico: Guerrero, Acapulco) belongs to the <i>Hermeuptychia sosybius</i> group as indicated by the presence of androconia on the dorsal surface of the wings, genitalia and COI DNA barcodes, and in addition to DNA characters, differs from its relatives in the shape of the uncus and female genitalia. Neotypes of <i>Oreas strigata canthe</i> Hübner, [1811] (type locality Suriname: Gelderland, Suriname River), <i>Megisto acmenis</i> Hübner, 1823 (type locality Argentina: Buenos Aires), and <i>Satyrus cantheus</i> Godart, [1824] (type locality USA: Florida, Pinellas Co., St. Petersburg) and lectotype of <i>Euptychia celmis</i> var. <i>bonaërensis</i> [sic] Burmeister, 1878 (type locality Argentina: Buenos Aires) are designated. These designations establish <i>Hermeuptychia canthe</i> as a valid species widely distributed in South America from Colombia to Bolivia and Southeast Brazil, <i>Euptychia celmis</i> var. <i>bonaërensis</i> [sic] Burmeister, 1878 as a junior objective synonym of <i>Yphthimoides acmenis</i>, and <i>S. cantheus</i> as a junior subjective synonym of <i>Hermeuptychia sosybius</i> (Fabricius, 1793). <i>Papilio camerta</i> Cramer, 1780 is treated as <i>nomen dubium</i> requiring further studies to determine an identity that is consistent with the original description, as it may be conspecific with <i>Paryphthimoides poltys</i> (Prittwitz, 1865) instead of being a <i>Hermeuptychia</i> species as currently assumed.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"9 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8601677/pdf/nihms-1755031.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39645860","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Paul A Opler, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.5630311","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.5630311","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuing with comparative genomic exploration of worldwide butterfly fauna, we use all protein-coding genes as they are retrieved from the whole genome shotgun sequences for phylogeny construction. Analysis of these genome-scale phylogenies projected onto the taxonomic classification and the knowledge about butterfly phenotypes suggests further refinements of butterfly taxonomy that are presented here. As a general rule, we assign most prominent clades of similar genetic differentiation to the same taxonomic rank, and use criteria based on relative population diversification and the extent of gene exchange for species delimitation. As a result, 7 tribes, 4 subtribes, 14 genera, and 9 subgenera are proposed as new, i.e., in subfamily Pierinae Swainson, 1820: Calopierini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Calopieris</i> Aurivillius, 1898); in subfamily Riodininae Grote, 1895: Callistiumini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Callistium</i> Stichel, 1911); in subfamily Nymphalinae Rafinesque, 1815: Pycinini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Pycina</i> Doubleday 1849), Rhinopalpini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Rhinopalpa</i> C. & R. Felder 1860), Kallimoidini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Kallimoides</i> Shirôzu & Nakanishi 1984), Vanessulini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Vanessula</i> Dewitz 1887), and Doleschalliaini Grishin, <b>trib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Doleschallia</i> C. & R. Felder 1860); in tribe Mesosemiini Bates, 1859: <i>Eunogyrina</i> Grishin, <b>subtrib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Eunogyra</i> Westwood, 1851); in tribe Satyrini Boisduval, 1833: Callerebiina Grishin, <b>subtrib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Callerebia</i> Butler, 1867), Gyrocheilina Grishin, <b>subtrib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Gyrocheilus</i> Butler, 1867), and Calistina Grishin, <b>subtrib. n.</b> (type genus <i>Calisto</i> Hübner, [1823]); in subfamily Euselasiinae Kirby, 1871: <i>Pelolasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Eurygona pelor</i> Hewitson, [1853]), <i>Myselasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Eurygona mys</i> Herrich-Schäffer, [1853]), <i>Eurylasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Eurygona euryone</i> Hewitson, 1856), <i>Maculasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Euselasia albomaculiga</i> Callaghan, 1999), and <i>Eugelasia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Eurygona eugeon</i> Hewitson, 1856); in subtribe Mesosemiina Bates, 1859: <i>Ectosemia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Papilio eumene</i> Cramer, 1776) and <i>Endosemia</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Papilio ulrica</i> Cramer, 1777); in tribe Symmachiini Reuter, 1896: <i>Tigria</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Mesene xypete</i> Hewitson, 1870) and <i>Asymma</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Symmachia virgatula</i> Stichel, 1910); in tribe Riodinini Grote, 1895: <i>Putridivora</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Charis argyrea</i> Bates, 1868), <i>C","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"9 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794009/pdf/nihms-1724223.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39873887","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names.","authors":"Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Qian Cong,&nbsp;Jinhui Shen,&nbsp;Paul A Opler,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Further genomic sequencing of butterflies by our research group expanding the coverage of species and specimens from different localities, coupled with genome-scale phylogenetic analysis and complemented by phenotypic considerations, suggests a number of changes to the names of butterflies, mostly those recorded from the United States and Canada. Here, we present evidence to support these changes. The changes are intended to make butterfly classification more internally consistent at the genus, subgenus and species levels. I.e., considering all available evidence, we attempt to assign similar taxonomic ranks to the clades of comparable genetic differentiation, which on average is correlated with the age of phylogenetic groups estimated from trees. For species, we use criteria devised by genomic analysis of the genetic differentiation across suture zones and comparison of sympatric populations of closely related species. As a result, we resurrect 4 genera and 1 subgenus from subgeneric status or synonymy, change the rank of 8 currently used genera to subgenus, synonymize 7 genus-group names, summarize evidence to support 19 taxa as species instead of subspecies and 1 taxon as subspecies instead of species, along with a number of additional changes. One new genus and one new subspecies are described. Namely, the following taxa are treated as genera <i>Tharsalea</i> Scudder, 1876, <i>Helleia</i> Verity, 1943, <i>Apangea</i> Zhdanko, 1995, and <i>Boldenaria</i> Zhdanko, 1995. <i>Tetracharis</i> Grote, 1898 is a valid subgenus (not a synonym of <i>Anthocharis</i> Boisduval, Rambur, [Duménil] & Graslin, [1833]) that consists of <i>Anthocharis cethura</i> C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 (Müller, 1764), <i>Anthocharis midea</i> (Hübner, [1809]), and <i>Anthocharis limonea</i> (A. Butler, 1871). The following are subgenera: <i>Speyeria</i> Scudder, 1872 of <i>Argynnis</i> Fabricius, 1807; <i>Aglais</i> Dalman, 1816 and <i>Polygonia</i> Hübner, [1819] of <i>Nymphalis</i> Kluk, 1780; <i>Palaeonympha</i> Butler, 1871 of <i>Megisto</i> Hübner, [1819]; <i>Hyponephele</i> Muschamp, 1915 of <i>Cercyonis</i> Scudder, 1875; <i>Pyronia</i> Hübner, [1819] and <i>Aphantopus</i> Wallengren, 1853 of <i>Maniola</i> Schrank, 1801 and <i>Pseudonymphidia</i> Callaghan, 1985 of <i>Pachythone. Lafron</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (type species <i>Papilio orus</i> Stoll, [1780], parent subfamily <i>Lycaeninae</i> [Leach], [1815]) is described. <i>Dipsas japonica</i> Murray, 1875 is fixed as the type species of <i>Neozephyrus</i> Sibatani & Ito, 1942. The following taxa are junior subjective synonyms: <i>Falcapica</i> Klots, 1930 of <i>Tetracharis</i> Grote, 1898; <i>Habrodais</i> Scudder, 1876, <i>Favonius</i> Sibatani & Ito, 1942, <i>Neozephyrus</i> Sibatani & Ito, 1942, <i>Quercusia</i> Verity, 1943, <i>Chrysozephyrus</i> Shirôzu & Yamamoto, 1956, and <i>Sibataniozephyrus</i> Inomata, 1986 of <i>Hypaurotis</i> Scudder, 1876; <i>Plesioarida</i> Trujano & García, 2018 of <i>R","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"8 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8794283/pdf/nihms-1724227.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39873885","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes to North American butterfly names.","authors":"Jing Zhang,&nbsp;Qian Cong,&nbsp;Jinhui Shen,&nbsp;Paul A Opler,&nbsp;Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We obtained and analyzed whole genome shotgun sequences of all 845 species of butterflies recorded from Canada and the United States. Genome-scale phylogenetic trees constructed from the data reveal several non-monophyletic genera and suggest improved classification of species included in these genera. Here, these changes are formalized and 2 subgenera are described: <i>Amblyteria</i> Grishin, subgen. n. (type species <i>Goniloba exoteria</i> Herrich-Schäffer, 1869, parent genus <i>Amblyscirtes</i> Scudder, 1872), and <i>Coa</i> Grishin, subgen. n. (type species <i>Hesperia baracoa</i> Lucas, 1857, parent genus <i>Polites</i> Scudder, 1872). Furthermore, we resurrect 3 genera and 2 subgenera from synonymy, change the rank of 6 currently used genera to subgenus, synonymize 2 genera, transfer 3 (2 resurrected) subgenera and 11 additional species to different genera than those these taxa were assigned to, and raise one name from synonym to species rank. Namely, <i>Hedone</i> Scudder, 1872 and <i>Limochores</i> Scudder, 1872 are valid genera and not synonyms of <i>Polites</i> Scudder, 1872; <i>Pendantus</i> K. Johnson & Kroenlein, 1993 is a valid genus and not a synonym of <i>Electrostrymon</i> Clench, 1961; and <i>Sphaenogona</i> Butler, 1870 and <i>Lucidia</i> Lacordaire, 1833 are valid subgenera of <i>Abaeis</i> Hübner, [1819] (new placement) and not synonyms of <i>Eurema</i> Hübner, [1819]. The following taxa are best treated as subgenera: <i>Mimoides</i> Brown, 1991 of <i>Eurytides</i> Hübner, [1821] (sensu lato); <i>Philotiella</i> Mattoni, [1978] of <i>Euphilotes</i> Mattoni, [1978]; <i>Neominois</i> Scudder, 1875 of <i>Oeneis</i> Hübner, [1819]; <i>Agraulis</i> Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835] of <i>Dione</i> Hübner, [1819]; <i>Copaeodes</i> Speyer, 1877 of <i>Oarisma</i> Scudder, 1872; and <i>Problema</i> Skinner & R. Williams, 1924 of <i>Atrytone</i> Scudder, 1872. <i>Phaeostrymon</i> Clench, 1961 and <i>Saliana</i> Evans, 1955 are junior subjective synonyms of <i>Satyrium</i> Scudder, 1876 and <i>Calpodes</i> Hübner, [1819], respectively. The entire subgenus <i>Erynnides</i> Burns, 1964 is transferred from <i>Erynnis</i> Schrank, 1801 to <i>Gesta</i> Evans, 1953. New genus-species combinations resulting from transfer of species between genera are: <i>Nastra perigenes</i> (Godman, 1900) (not <i>Vidius</i> Evans, 1955); <i>Troyus fantasos</i> (Cramer, 1780), <i>Troyus onaca</i> (Evans, 1955), <i>Troyus aurelius</i> (Plötz, 1882), <i>Troyus marcus</i> (Fabricius, 1787), <i>Troyus diversa</i> (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869), and <i>Troyus drova</i> (Evans, 1955) (not <i>Vettius</i> Godman, 1901); <i>Oligoria percosius</i> (Godman, 1900), <i>Oligoria rindgei</i> (H. Freeman, 1969), <i>Oligoria lucifer</i> (Hübner, [1831]), and <i>Oligoria mustea</i> (H. Freeman, 1979) (not <i>Decinea</i> Evans, 1955). <i>Urbanus alva</i> Evans, 1952 is a valid species and not a synonym of <i>Urbanus belli</i> (Hayward, 1935), new status.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"8 2","pages":"1-12"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8570546/pdf/nihms-1724226.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39598561","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}