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{"title":"A taxonomic overview of the <i>Apodemia mormo</i> complex from a genomic perspective.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Genomic analysis of the &lt;i&gt;Apodemia mormo&lt;/i&gt; group (Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827)) specimens across the range from southwestern Canada through much of the western USA and northwestern Mexico, complemented by phenotypic examination and photographs of live individuals to inspect eye color, partitions the complex into eight species, one of which is proposed as new: &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;apache&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (type locality in USA: Arizona, Apache Co.), and three elevated from subspecies of &lt;i&gt;A. mejicanus&lt;/i&gt;: &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;maxima&lt;/i&gt; (Weeks, 1891), &lt;b&gt;stat. rest.&lt;/b&gt;, &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;deserti&lt;/i&gt; W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1918, &lt;b&gt;stat. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, and &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;pueblo&lt;/i&gt; J. Scott, 1998, &lt;b&gt;stat. nov.&lt;/b&gt;, in addition to four others confirmed as species-level taxa: &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;virgulti&lt;/i&gt; (Behr, 1865), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo&lt;/i&gt; (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1859), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;duryi&lt;/i&gt; (W. H. Edwards, 1882), and &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mejicanus&lt;/i&gt; (Behr, 1865). Geographic variation, both genetic and phenotypic, is interpreted as subspecies, 12 of which are described as new (type localities are listed in parentheses): &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;maxima bajanor&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: BC, San Quintín Mpio.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo nordesta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Canada: SK, vic. Val Marie), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo centralis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: UT, San Juan Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo sudesta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: CO, Costilla Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo confusa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: AZ, Coconino Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo arizatra&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: AZ, Cochise Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;deserti keni&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: CA, Kern Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;deserti megawhy&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: AZ, Pima Co.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;apache rufa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: AZ, Cochise Co., Huachuca Mts.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;apache riftoria&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: NM, Sandoval Co., Sandia Mts.), &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;apache texana&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: TX, Brewster Co., Del Norte Mts.), and &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;pueblo mescalero&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: NM, Lincoln Co., Sacramento Mts.). Populations from the Coastal Ranges in Southern California are identified as &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo arenaria&lt;/i&gt; J. Emmel, T. Emmel & Pratt, 1998, which we treat as a subspecies of &lt;i&gt;A. mormo&lt;/i&gt;, distinct from and possibly sympatric with &lt;i&gt;A. virgulti&lt;/i&gt; in that area. &lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Apodemia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;mormo langei&lt;/i&gt; J. A. Comstock","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"13 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13053146/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147635105","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":"Three butterfly genera across the Central Texas Suture Zone.","authors":"Qian Cong, Jing Zhang, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.18990262","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.18990262","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genome-scale analyses of butterfly specimens across the Central Texas Suture Zone revealed that several taxa currently treated as subspecies exhibit genomic differentiation similar to that observed between species. Further investigation and genomic sequencing of additional specimens from across the ranges of these taxa support this conclusion and result in the following changes to nomenclature and taxonomy. Two new subspecies of Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 are described: <i>Asterocampa louisa monterra</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in Mexico: Nuevo León) and <i>Asterocampa clyton plana</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (type locality in USA: Texas, Denton Co.). The following taxa are recognized as species, not subspecies: <i>Asterocampa louisa</i> D. Stallings & Turner, 1947, <b>stat. nov.</b> (not <i>Asterocampa clyton</i> (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835])), <i>Libytheana bachmanii</i> (Kirtland, 1851), <b>stat. rest.</b> and <i>Libytheana larvata</i> (Strecker, [1878]), <b>stat. rest.</b> (not <i>Libytheana carinenta</i> (Cramer, 1777)) in Nymphalidae; <i>Polites</i> (<i>Wallengrenia</i>) <i>clavus</i> (Erichson, [1849]), <b>stat. rest.</b> and <i>Polites</i> (<i>Wallengrenia</i>) <i>jobrea</i> (Dyar, 1918), <b>stat. rest.</b> (not <i>Polites</i> (<i>Wallengrenia</i>) <i>otho</i> (J. E. Smith, 1797)) in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. The following are valid subspecies, not junior subjective synonyms: <i>Asterocampa clyton subpallida</i> (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1913), <b>stat. rest.</b> (not <i>Asterocampa clyton texana</i> (Skinner, 1911)), <i>Asterocampa leilia cocles</i> (Lintner, [1885]), <b>stat. rev.</b> (not <i>Asterocampa leilia leilia</i> (W. H. Edwards, 1874)), <i>Asterocampa celtis montis</i> (W. H. Edwards, 1883), <b>stat. rest.</b> and <i>Asterocampa celtis jeffermont</i> J. Scott & M. Fisher, 2008, <b>stat. rest.</b> (not <i>Asterocampa celtis antonia</i> (W. H. Edwards, [1878])), and <i>Asterocampa celtis alicia</i> (W. H. Edwards, 1868), <b>stat. rev.</b> (not <i>Asterocampa celtis celtis</i> (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835])). <i>Libytheana carinenta fulvescens</i> (Lathy, 1904), <b>stat. nov</b>. is not a species but a subspecies-level taxon. Nomen nudum \"<i>Pamphila lacordairii</i>, Boisd.\" published by Godman (1900) belongs in synonymy with <i>Polites</i> (<i>Wallengrenia</i>) <i>clavus</i>, <b>stat. rest.</b> and not with <i>P</i>. (<i>W</i>.) <i>otho</i>. A <b>lectotype</b> of <i>Libythea larvata</i> Strecker, [1878] (type locality in USA: Texas, Bexar Co.) is designated. <i>Doxocopa laure laure</i> (Drury, 1773) is recorded for the United States from southeastern Arizona. Taxonomic lists of <i>Asterocampa</i> Röber, 1916 and <i>Libytheana</i> Michener, 1943 are provided.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"13 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13048338/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147625217","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":"Notable Hesperiidae collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15122959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15122959","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Genomic analysis of Hesperiidae specimens collected by Kilian Roever in Arizona, USA, and deposited in the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity (Florida Museum of Natural History, Gainesville, FL, USA) confirms several published state species records, reveals that <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>markwalkeri</i> Grishin, 2023, <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Telegonus</i>) <i>misitra</i> (Plötz, 1881), and <i>Epargyreus cruza</i> Evans, 1952 have been found in Arizona with sequenced specimens representing first confirmed USA records of these three species, and allows us to discover new taxa <i>Cecropterus</i> (<i>Murgaria</i>) <i>roeveri</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> and <i>Lerema</i> (<i>Lerema</i>) <i>ochrius occidus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n</b>. This study underscores the value of extensive collecting and careful specimen preservation for research.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12057797/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144030997","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":"Update to: New butterfly taxa and findings from genomic analyses.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Due to the U.S. government shutdown, GenBank services were unavailable, and accession numbers could not be obtained for the sequences reported in the original publication. This update provides the GenBank accession numbers for these sequences, together with additional taxonomic findings accumulated since the initial study. One genus, 16 species and four subspecies are proposed as new (type species or localities in parentheses): <i>Madaga</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Artitropa alaotrana</i> Oberthür, 1916), <i>Udranomia eurianus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Napo), <i>Entheus dalina</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Pará), <i>Entheus ambo</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Cauca), <i>Entheus pico</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Valle del Cauca), <i>Entheus punyo</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Cauca), <i>Porphyrogenes castana</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Amazonas), <i>Porphyrogenes foxias</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Suriname), <i>Porphyrogenes tornus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rondônia), <i>Porphyrogenes sepia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rondônia), <i>Bungalotis ryta</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Chiriquí), <i>Pseudodrephalys gap</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rondônia), <i>Grais ecuadoricus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Sucumbíos), <i>Grais eremitus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Texas), <i>Hoodus westudus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Orellana), <i>Eutus brunninotatus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Bolivia: Santa Cruz), <i>Lento mysto</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Bolivia: La Paz) and <i>Porphyrogenes probus curvatus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Costa Rica: San José) (Hesperiidae); and <i>Eurema ella marca</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Peru: Cajamarca), <i>Eurema agave panave</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Panama: Colón), and <i>Eurema agave livara</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Ecuador: Bolívar) (Pieridae). Genomic sequencing revealed additional specimens of recently described species of <i>Entheus</i> Hübner, [1819], previously known from a single specimen. We treat the following taxa of <i>Lasaia</i> (<i>Lasaia</i>) H. Bates, 1868 (Riodinidae) as valid: <i>L. rosamonda</i> Weeks, 1900, <b>stat. rest.</b>, <i>L. callaina</i> Clench, 1972, <b>stat. rev.</b>, <i>L. maria anna</i> Clench, 1972, <b>stat. rest.</b>, <i>L. oaxacensis</i> Grishin, 2024, <b>stat. rest.</b>, and <i>L. cola</i> Grishin, 2025, <b>stat. rest.</b>; as well as <i>Lissia laura</i> (Evans, 1937) <b>stat. nov.</b> (not <i>Lissia luehderi</i> (Plötz, 1879)), and <i>Ephyriades brunnea electra</i> (Lintner, 1881), <b>stat. nov</b>. Lectotype and neotype are designated for <i>Antigonus fumosus</i> Plötz, 1884 (Brazil) and <i>Anastrus stigmaticus</i> Mabille, 1883 (Brazil), respectively, establishing these names as objective synonyms.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12795326/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145967981","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":"Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15531392","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.15531392","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Within the framework of an ongoing comparative genomic study of global butterfly diversity, we construct phylogenetic trees combining all protein-coding genes assembled from the whole genome shotgun data. When viewed in the context of current taxonomy and phenotypic knowledge, the genome-wide phylogeny points to further advances in butterfly systematics, which are presented here. We assign major clades with comparable levels of genetic divergence to the same taxonomic rank and apply criteria involving relative population divergence and gene flow to define species boundaries. As a result, one genus, 13 subgenera, 62 species, and five subspecies are proposed as new (type species in original combinations or type localities are given in parentheses): a genus <i>Ajenorix</i> Grishin, <b>gen. n.</b> (<i>Rapala hypargyria</i> Elwes, 1893) in Deudorigini Doherty, 1886, Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]; subgenera: in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827): <i>Ouida</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Dodona ouida</i> Hewitson, 1866) and <i>Egeona</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Taxila egeon</i> Westwood, 1851) of <i>Dodona</i> Hewitson, 1861, <i>Locris</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lasaia oileus</i> Godman, 1903) of <i>Lasaia</i> H. Bates, 1868, <i>Lucispila</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia lucianus</i> Fabricius, 1793) of <i>Parvospila</i> J. Hall, 2018, <i>Byzia</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lemonias byzeres</i> Hewitson, 1872) of <i>Zelotaea</i> H. Bates, 1868, <i>Arichlosyne</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Apodemia ochracea</i> Mengel, 1902) of <i>Aricoris</i> Westwood, 1851, and <i>Lenca</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Lemonias lencates</i> Hewitson, 1875) of <i>Pachythone</i> H. Bates, 1868; in Lycaenidae: <i>Afrix</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Dipsas antalus</i> Hopffer, 1855) of <i>Capys</i> Hewitson, 1865, <i>Wacus</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Myrina epirus</i> C. Felder, 1860) of <i>Deudorix</i> Hewitson, 1863, and <i>Crates</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia isocrates</i> Fabricius, 1793) of <i>Virachola</i> F. Moore, 1881; and in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809: <i>Ochloba</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Poanes batesi</i> Bell, 1935), <i>Ochlata</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia venata</i> Bremer & Grey, 1853), and <i>Ochluma</i> Grishin, <b>subgen. n.</b> (<i>Hesperia yuma</i> W. H. Edwards, 1873) of <i>Ochlodes</i> Scudder, 1872; species: in Riodinidae: <i>Lasaia cola</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Colima), <i>Curvie wing</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (USA: Texas), <i>Curvie westwing</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Sonora), <i>Curvie chiapensis</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Mexico: Chiapas), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Tenedia</i>) <i>tinia</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Argentina), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Tenedia</i>) <i>guaya</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Uruguay), <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Aphacitis</i>) <i>bugaba</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Panama: Chiriquí), and <i>Synargis rectanga</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Pe","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12180588/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144369640","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":"Update to: Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.15874866","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.15874866","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this update, we propose (type species or type localities in parentheses): <i>Lochris</i> Grishin, <b>nom. nov.</b> (<i>Lasaia oileus</i> Godman, 1903; Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) as a new substitute name for <i>Locris</i> Grishin, 2025 preoccupied by <i>Locris</i> Stål, 1866 (<i>Cercopis rubra</i> Fabricius, 1794; Hemiptera: Cercopidae), 5 new species, and 5 new subspecies: <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Mandania</i>) <i>mandarina</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Santa Catarina) and <i>Emesis</i> (<i>Mandania</i>) <i>mandela</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Venezuela, Carabobo) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); others in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809: <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Rhabdoides</i>) <i>flavifimbro</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia), <i>Urbanus</i> (<i>Urbanoides</i>) <i>dolus</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Colombia: Tolima), <i>Thespieus grandosul</i> Grishin, <b>sp. n.</b> (Brazil: Rio Grande do Sul); <i>Telegonus</i> (<i>Rhabdoides</i>) <i>alector obscuratus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (Costa Rica: Puntarenas), <i>Burnsius communis tenebrunis</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: OR, Klamath Co.), <i>Burnsius communis altus</i> Grishin, <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: CA, Tuolumne Co.), <i>Ochlodes</i> (<i>Ochluma</i>) <i>sylvanoides paranapa</i> <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: WY, Washakie Co.), and <i>Ochlodes</i> (<i>Ochluma</i>) <i>sylvanoides dempwolfi</i> <b>ssp. n.</b> (USA: ND, Slope Co.). Furthermore, we illustrate sequenced specimens, confirm the status of several species recently described based on limited material by sequencing additional specimens, and provide updated distribution data for these species.</p>","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12315023/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144777212","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":"New butterfly taxa and findings from genomic analyses.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.17527609","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.17527609","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continuing our genomics-driven exploration of butterfly taxonomy, we integrate phylogenetic trees from all protein-coding genes with existing taxonomic and phenotypic knowledge and uncover further insights into butterfly systematics. As a result, one subgenus, 44 species, and 11 subspecies are proposed as new (type species in original combinations or type localities are listed in parentheses): &lt;i&gt;Porphaurea&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n&lt;/b&gt;. (&lt;i&gt;Phoenicops porphyropis&lt;/i&gt; Meyrick & Lower, 1902) of &lt;i&gt;Chaetocneme&lt;/i&gt; C. Felder, 1860 in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809; &lt;i&gt;Dione&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Agraulis&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;lamasi&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Cuzco) in Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; &lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;chiapis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Mexico: Chiapas), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;occalla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Mexico: Oaxaca), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lochris&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;oilenor&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Belize), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lochris&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;oilepanor&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Panama: Colón), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lochris&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;oilemarca&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Cajamarca), and &lt;i&gt;Emesis&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tenedia&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;peripore&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Trinidad) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); and &lt;i&gt;Burara danata&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (China: central Fujian), &lt;i&gt;Burara lawana&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Philippines: Palawan), &lt;i&gt;Bungalotis quadra&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Panama: Chiriquí), &lt;i&gt;Bungalotis barbalotis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Loreto), &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Murgaria&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;eryssus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Ecuador: Sucumbíos), &lt;i&gt;Cephise panuspe&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Panama: Panamá), &lt;i&gt;Noctuana haematoesta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Colombia: Valle del Cauca), &lt;i&gt;Noctuana statonama&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Panama: Chiriquí), &lt;i&gt;Diaeus piura&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Piura), &lt;i&gt;Zopyrion&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Zopyrion&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;cruise&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Mexico: Veracruz), &lt;i&gt;Chaetocneme triuna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Papua New Guinea: Oro), &lt;i&gt;Chaetocneme brazza&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Indonesia: West Papua), &lt;i&gt;Ge pina&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Philippines: Mindanao), &lt;i&gt;Parnara guda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (India: West Bengal), &lt;i&gt;Parnara sulawesa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Indonesia: South Sulawesi), &lt;i&gt;Tisias panamyna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Panama: Panamá), &lt;i&gt;Xeniades&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Tixe&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;lora&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Loreto), &lt;i&gt;Oligoria&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Oligoria&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;costaria&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Costa Rica: Alajuela), &lt;i&gt;Oligoria&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Oligoria&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;bahia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Brazil: Bahia), &lt;i&gt;Alychna ventanilla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Thoon cuadius&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Ecuador: Napo), &lt;i&gt;Viridina viridella&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Tricrista lingulata&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. (Brazil: Rondônia), &lt;i&gt;Tricrista taxolla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n&lt;/b&gt;. 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{"title":"Taxonomic advances driven by the genomic analysis of butterflies.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.10614309","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.10614309","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This study presents new findings based on a large-scale analysis of butterfly genomic sequences. Focusing on species identification through comparative genomics, we define subspecies as populations differentiated to a lesser extent than distinct species (\"species in the making\"). Additionally, we propose further adjustments to the current butterfly classification. As a result, 3 subgenera, 12 species, and 4 subspecies are described as new. New subgenera are (type species in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Hyalaus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Papilio epidaus&lt;/i&gt; E. Doubleday, 1846) of &lt;i&gt;Eurytides&lt;/i&gt; Hübner, [1821] (Papilionidae Latreille, [1802]) and &lt;i&gt;Astria&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lycaena astraea&lt;/i&gt; Freyer, 1851) of &lt;i&gt;Glaucopsyche&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872 and &lt;i&gt;Afroidium&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Lycaena metophis&lt;/i&gt; Wallengren, 1860) of &lt;i&gt;Brephidium&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1876 (Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]). New species are (type localities in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;tesseroides&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Chiriquí), &lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;coladoris&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Panama: Cerro Jefe), &lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Ithomiola&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;perutanos&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia pallida&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Venezuela: Maracay), &lt;i&gt;Synargis regina&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Chanchamayo), &lt;i&gt;Synargis reginella&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Pará), &lt;i&gt;Synargis flavicauda&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Rio Pachitea, Monte Alegre), &lt;i&gt;Synargis tenebritorna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Bahia), and &lt;i&gt;Synargis latidifa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (French Guiana) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827) and &lt;i&gt;Heliopetes&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Heliopetes&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;acuta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Oaxaca), &lt;i&gt;Metrocles nun&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Goiás), and &lt;i&gt;Hedone miracla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Lima, Chancay River valley) in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. New subspecies are: &lt;i&gt;Microtia elva bogotana&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Colombia: Bogota), and &lt;i&gt;Boloria astarte alaskia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: Alaska, Seward Peninsula) in Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815; &lt;i&gt;Lasaia sessilis oaxacensis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Oaxaca) in Riodinidae; and &lt;i&gt;Cupido&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Everes&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;comyntas orientalis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: North Carolina, Mecklenburg Co.) in Lycaenidae [Leach], [1815]. A number of taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are species (not subspecies): &lt;i&gt;Eurema ella&lt;/i&gt; (Röber, 1909) and &lt;i&gt;Eurema flavescens&lt;/i&gt; (Chavannes, 1850) (not &lt;i&gt;Eurema elathea&lt;/i&gt; (Cramer, 1777) and &lt;i&gt;Eurema millerorum&lt;/i&gt; Llorente & Luis, 1987 (not &lt;i&gt;Eurema agave&lt;/i&gt; (Cramer, 1775)) (Pieridae Swainson, 1820); &lt;i&gt;Ithomiola tessera&lt;/i&gt; J. Hall, 2005 (not &lt;i&gt;Ithomiola theages&lt;/i&gt; Godman & Salvin, 1878), &lt;i&gt;Lasaia callaina&lt;/i&gt; Clench, 1972 (not &lt;i&gt;Lasaia agesilas&lt;/i&gt; (Latreille, [1809])), and &lt;i&gt;Synargis attilius&lt;/i&gt; (","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"11 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11790290/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143124174","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":"New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis.","authors":"Jing Zhang, Qian Cong, Jinhui Shen, Leina Song, Nick V Grishin","doi":"10.5281/zenodo.14037213","DOIUrl":"10.5281/zenodo.14037213","url":null,"abstract":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Continuing with the genomic analysis of butterflies, we present a taxonomic update. As a result of this work, 3 genera, 6 subgenera, 16 species, and 2 subspecies are described as new. New genera and subgenera are (type species in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Systasia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;gen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Hesperia zampa&lt;/i&gt; W. H. Edwards, 1876) and &lt;i&gt;Asysta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;gen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Systasea microsticta&lt;/i&gt; Dyar, 1923) in Pyrgini Burmeister, 1878 and &lt;i&gt;Alyco&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;gen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Styriodes quota&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1955) in Moncina A. Warren, 2008; &lt;i&gt;Ocynthus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Ocybadistes hypomeloma&lt;/i&gt; Lower, 1911) of &lt;i&gt;Potanthus&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872, &lt;i&gt;Arrhona&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Padraona tranquilla&lt;/i&gt; Swinhoe, 1905) and &lt;i&gt;Comba&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Hesperia wama&lt;/i&gt; Plötz, 1885) of &lt;i&gt;Kobrona&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1935, &lt;i&gt;Telines&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Pamphila eurotas&lt;/i&gt; C. Felder, 1860) of &lt;i&gt;Arrhenes&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1904, &lt;i&gt;Kolba&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Telicota kolbei&lt;/i&gt; Ribbe, 1899) of &lt;i&gt;Sabera&lt;/i&gt; Swinhoe, 1908, and &lt;i&gt;Sarala&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Parnara sarala&lt;/i&gt; Nicéville, 1889) of &lt;i&gt;Acerbas&lt;/i&gt; Nicéville, 1895, all in Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809. New species and subspecies are (type localities in parenthesis): &lt;i&gt;Catocyclotis secuza&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Cuzco), &lt;i&gt;Catocyclotis serio&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), &lt;i&gt;Catocyclotis luteonaevia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Bolivia: La Paz), &lt;i&gt;Synargis gohia&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Bahia), and &lt;i&gt;Synargis maxidifa&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Loreto) in Riodinidae Grote, 1895 (1827); &lt;i&gt;Bungalotis corentus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Pichincha), &lt;i&gt;Bungalotis amydros&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Ecuador: Pichincha), &lt;i&gt;Salatis minimaculatis&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Loreto), &lt;i&gt;Pellicia&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Mictris&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;rio&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), &lt;i&gt;Clytius mattus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: Hidalgo Co.), &lt;i&gt;Perus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Menuda&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;tinctus&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (deduced as South America), &lt;i&gt;Timochares fuscifasciata&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: Texas, Hidalgo Co.), &lt;i&gt;Quasimellana duranga&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: Durango), &lt;i&gt;Stinga azteca&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Mexico: México), &lt;i&gt;Vistigma&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Vistigma&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;shnoba&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Peru: Madre de Dios), &lt;i&gt;Vertica&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Brasta&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;asta&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Colombia: Valle del Cauca) in Hesperiidae; &lt;i&gt;Synargis flavicauda cosita&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (Guyana) in Riodinidae and &lt;i&gt;Notamblyscirtes durango seaza&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;ssp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (USA: Arizona, Santa Cruz Co.) in Hesperiidae, as all other taxa below. &lt;i&gt;Suniana&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1934 is a subgenus of &lt;i&gt;Potanthus&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872. The following species are transferred between genera to form new combinations: &lt;i&gt;Camptopleura polax&lt;/i&gt; (Evans, 1953), &lt;b&gt;comb. no","PeriodicalId":75197,"journal":{"name":"The taxonomic report of the International Lepidoptera Survey","volume":"12 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11759509/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143048981","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":"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":"&lt;p&gt;&lt;p&gt;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: &lt;i&gt;Borna&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Godmania borincona&lt;/i&gt; Watson, 1937) and &lt;i&gt;Lilla&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;subgen. n.&lt;/b&gt; (type species &lt;i&gt;Choranthus lilliae&lt;/i&gt; Bell, 1931) of &lt;i&gt;Choranthus&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872, &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;i&gt;Murgaria&lt;/i&gt;) &lt;i&gt;markwalkeri&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (type locality in Mexico: Sonora), and &lt;i&gt;Hedone yunga&lt;/i&gt; Grishin, &lt;b&gt;sp. n.&lt;/b&gt; (type locality in Bolivia: Yungas, La Paz). The &lt;b&gt;lectotype&lt;/b&gt; is designated for &lt;i&gt;Aethilla toxeus&lt;/i&gt; Plötz, 1882. The type locality of &lt;i&gt;Dion uza&lt;/i&gt; (Hewitson, 1877) is likely in southern Brazil. A number of taxonomic changes are proposed. The following taxa are subgenera, not genera: &lt;i&gt;Plebulina&lt;/i&gt; Nabokov, 1945 of &lt;i&gt;Icaricia&lt;/i&gt; Nabokov, 1945; &lt;i&gt;Sinia&lt;/i&gt; Forster, 1940 of &lt;i&gt;Glaucopsyche&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872; &lt;i&gt;Pseudophilotes&lt;/i&gt; Beuret, 1958 of &lt;i&gt;Palaeophilotes&lt;/i&gt; Forster, 1938; and &lt;i&gt;Agraulis&lt;/i&gt; Boisduval & Le Conte, [1835] of &lt;i&gt;Dione&lt;/i&gt; Hübner, [1819]. &lt;i&gt;Asbolis&lt;/i&gt; Mabille, 1904 is a subgenus of &lt;i&gt;Choranthus&lt;/i&gt; Scudder, 1872 rather than its synonym. The following are species, not subspecies or synonyms: &lt;i&gt;Glaucopsyche algirica&lt;/i&gt; (Heyne, 1895) (not &lt;i&gt;Glaucopsyche melanops&lt;/i&gt; (Boisduval, 1829)), &lt;i&gt;Chlosyne flavula&lt;/i&gt; (W. Barnes & McDunnough, 1918) (not &lt;i&gt;Chlosyne palla&lt;/i&gt; (Boisduval, 1852)), &lt;i&gt;Cercyonis hypoleuca&lt;/i&gt; Hawks & J. Emmel, 1998 (not &lt;i&gt;Cercyonis sthenele&lt;/i&gt; (Boisduval, 1852)), &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus coyote&lt;/i&gt; (Skinner, 1892) and &lt;i&gt;Cecropterus nigrociliata&lt;/i&gt; (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) (not &lt;i&gt;Aethilla toxeus&lt;/i&gt; Plötz, 1882), &lt;i&gt;Aguna malia&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1952 (not &lt;i&gt;Aguna megaeles&lt;/i&gt; (Mabille, 1888)), &lt;i&gt;Polygonus arizonensis&lt;/i&gt; (Skinner, 1911), &lt;i&gt;Polygonus histrio&lt;/i&gt; Röber, 1925, &lt;i&gt;Polygonus pallida&lt;/i&gt; Röber, 1925, and &lt;i&gt;Polygonus hagar&lt;/i&gt; Evans, 1952 (not &lt;i&gt;Polygonus leo&lt;/i&gt; (Gmelin, [1790])), &lt;i&gt;Viola kuma&lt;/i&gt; (Bell, 1942), &lt;b&gt;comb. nov.&lt;/b&gt; (not &lt;i&gt;Pachyneuria helena&lt;/i&gt; (Hayward, 1939)), &lt;i&gt;Tamela maura&lt;/i&gt; (Snellen, 1886) (not &lt;i&gt;Tamela othonias&lt;/i&gt; (Hewitson, 1878)), &lt;i&gt;Tamela diocles&lt;/i&gt; (Moore, [1866]) (not &lt;i&gt;Tamela nigrita&lt;/i&gt; (Latreille, [1824])), &lt;i&gt;Vinius phellus&lt;/i&gt; (Mabille, 1883) (not &lt;i&gt;Vinius exilis&lt;/i&gt; (Plötz, 1883)), &lt;i&gt;Vinius sophistes&lt;/i&gt; (Dyar, 1918) (not &lt;i&gt;Vinius tryhana&lt;/i&gt; (Kaye, 1914)), and &lt;i&gt;Rhinthon andricus&lt;/i&gt; (Mabille, 1895) and &lt;i&gt;Rhinthon aqua&lt;/i&gt; (Evans, 1955) (not &lt;i&gt;Rhinthon braesia&lt;/i&gt; (Hewitson, 1867)). The following are new and revised species-subspecies combinations: &lt;i&gt;Cercyonis sthenele damei&lt;/i&gt; W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926 (not &lt;i&gt;Cercyonis meadii&lt;/i&gt; (W. H. Edwards, 1872)) and &lt;i&gt;Chlosyne flavula blackmorei&lt;/i&gt; Pelham, 2008 and &lt;i&gt;Chlosyne flavula calydon&lt;/i&gt; (W. Holland, 1931) (not &lt;i&gt;Chlosyne palla&lt;/i&gt;). 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}