New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis Author Zhang, Jing Author Cong, Qian Author Shen, Jinhui Author Song, Leina grishin@chop.swmed.edu Author Grishin, Nick V. text The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 2024 2024-11-04 12 3 1 63 journal article 2643-4806 Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860 and Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908 belong to the genus Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 and not Telicota Moore, 1881 Genomic phylogeny of the tribe Taractrocerini Voss, 1952 reveals that Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860 ( type locality in Ambon ) and Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908 ( type locality Australia : New South Wales , Ballina) (two sequenced specimens shown in Fig. 46 ) currently placed in Telicota F. Moore, 1881 ( type species Papilio colon Fabricius, 1775 ) are not monophyletic with it and form a clade sister to Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 ( type species Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860 ) ( Fig. 44 ). Therefore, these two species do not belong in Telicota , and we place them in Arrhenes as Arrhenes eurotas (C. Felder, 1860) , comb. nov. and Arrhenes eurychlora (Lower, 1908), comb. nov . Fig. 46. Sequenced specimens of Arrhenes ( Telines subgen. n. ) from Australia in dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views: a) A . ( T .) eurotas laconia (Waterhouse, 1937) comb. nov. ♂ NVG-22048C11 North Queensland, Edge Hill, 22-Aug-1938, R. G. Wind leg. [CUIC]; b) A . ( T .) eurychlora comb. nov. ♂ NVG-23058G09 New South Wales, Dudley, 8-Nov-1987, A. Atkins leg. [MGCL]. http://zoobank.org/ BF70767A-6DDF-43FB-B665-EC721E59A79E Type species. Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860 . Definition. Genomic phylogeny of the tribe Taractrocerini Voss, 1952 shows a notable genetic differentiation between the clade with Arrhenes eurotas (C. Felder, 1860) , comb. nov. ( type locality in Ambon ) and Arrhenes eurychlora (Lower, 1908), comb. nov. ( type locality Australia : New South Wales , Ballina) that we placed in Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 ( type species Pamphila marnas Felder, 1860 ) above, and other species of Arrhenes , including the type ( Fig. 44 ), e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 7.6–8.7% (50–57 bp). Therefore, this clade represents a new subgenus. This new subgenus keys to L. 7.1 in Evans (1949) and differs from its relatives by a combination of the following characters: undivided uncus, terminally narrow and flat; rounded valva without prominently concave dorsal margin at ampulla-harpe, without spines; long antennae, longer than ½ of the costal margin; shorter and stouter 3 rd segment of palpi; broad and straight stigma; rather narrow wings ( Fig. 46 ) as in most species of Telicota F. Moore, 1881 ( type species Papilio colon Fabricius, 1775 ) and not as rounded as in a typical Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 . In DNA, a combination of the following characters is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: aly 1841.5. 20 :A237T, aly 1841.5.20 :G259A, aly600.14.1:C84T, aly600.14.1:G87A, aly4645.10.1:A490C, and COI barcode: T70A, A181T, T376C, T530C, T547A. Etymology. This name combines the previous and current genus names of these species: Teli [cota] + [Arrhe] nes and is a masculine noun in the nominative singular. Species included. The type species (i.e., Pamphila eurotas C. Felder, 1860 ) and Telicota eurychlora Lower, 1908. Parent taxon. Genus Arrhenes Mabille, 1904 .