Echelatus Godman and Salvin, [1894]

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Echelatus Godman and Salvin, [1894] is a valid genus

Echelatus Godman and Salvin, [1894] (type species Anastrus varius Mabille, 1883 , which is a junior subjective synonym of Achlyodes sempiternus Butler and Druce, 1872 ) is reinstated as a valid genus from its synonymy with Anastrus Hübner, [1824] , because the group of species that includes Anastrus obscurus Hübner, [1824] (the type species of Anastrus ) is sister to Mylon Godman and Salvin, [1894] (type species Leucochitonea lassia Hewitson, 1868 ) and thus is not monophyletic with the type species of Echelatus ( Fig. 6 ), as suggested by Austin (1998).

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Figure 6. Genomic trees of Erynnini. See Fig. 2 legend for notations.