Repens Evans, 1955

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 64

Repens Evans, 1955 is a subgenus of Eprius Godman, 1901

After we transferred Stomyles florus Godman, 1900 (type locality Mexico: Nayarit) from Repens Evans, 1955 (type species Repens repens Evans, 1955 ) to Amblyscirtes Scudder, 1872 (type species Hesperia vialis W. H. Edwards, 1862 ), Repens became monotypic. Our genomic tree reveals that Repens is sister to another monotypic genus Eprius Godman, 1901 (type species Epeus veleda Godman, 1901 ) ( Fig. 15 ). The two genera are close to each other genetically, for example, their COI barcodes differ by 9% (59 bp), and resemble each other phenotypically in general appearance, brands and genitalia sharing the elaborate structure of aedeagus distal end. Therefore we propose that these species are congeneric and place Repens Evans, 1955 as a subgenus of Eprius Godman, 1901 , new status.

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Figure 15. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 3. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.