Papias amyrna ( Mabille, 1891 )

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 : 74

Papias amyrna ( Mabille, 1891) , reinstated status and new combination

Genomic sequencing of the syntype of Pamphila amyrna Mabille, 1891 (type locality Venezuela: Porto Cabello, DNA sample NVG-15036F04) in the ZMHB collection reveals that it is separated from Papias [formerly Mnasilus ] allubita (Butler, 1877) , a species that P. amyrna was considered a junior subjective synonym of, at a level consistent with P. amyrna being a species-level taxon ( Fig. 14 ). While COI barcodes of the P. amyrna syntype and P. allubita specimen from the type locality (NVG-19122C09) differ by 0.9% (6 bp), not sufficient on its own to support the species-level status of this taxon, P. amyrna lacks the tuft of long scales in the middle of dorsal forewing by its inner margin, which per Evans (1955) is characteristic of P. allubita . The two taxa are likely to be sympatric at least in Venezuela ( Evans, 1955). The syntype of Cobalus umbrosus Mabille, 1883 (type locality not specified) in the BMNH collection (inspected), possesses the forewing scale tuft and therefore is not amyrna but P. allubita , in agreement with Evans (1955). Therefore, pending clarification of the identity of the two taxa with the primary type specimens still to be found: Cobalus evanidus Mabille, 1883 (type locality South America) and Hesperia zalma Plötz, 1886 (type locality Panama), which, following Evans (1955), currently are junior subjective synonyms of P. allubita , we reinstate Papias amyrna ( Mabille, 1891) as a species.

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Figure 14. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 2. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.