Phlebodes fuldai (E. Bell, 1930)

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Phlebodes fuldai (E. Bell, 1930) , revised combination

Evans (1955) correctly placed Euroto fuldai Bell, 1930 (type locality Colombia) in Phlebodes Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio pertinax Stoll, 1781 ) as Phlebodes fuldia [sic], stating that none of its specimens were in BM[NH], and then named Vettius yalta Evans, 1955 (type locality Brazil: Espírito Santo) with similar genitalia that he illustrated. Lamas (1994) placed P. fuldai in Vettius Godman, 1901 (type species Papilio phyllus Cramer, 1777 ), then Mielke (2004) placed V. yalta in synonymy with V. fuldai . However, the holotype of fuldai is not monophyletic with the type species of Vettius , and instead is in the same clade with the type species of Phlebodes ( Fig. 15 ). Hence, we propose Phlebodes fuldai (E. Bell, 1930) , revised combination.

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