Zetka irena ( Evans, 1955 ) Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

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 : 96

Zetka irena ( Evans, 1955) , new combination

A Costa Rican species recorded in Janzen and Hallwachs database (2021) as “ Neoxeniades Burns 03”, which judging from the wing patterns is either Neoxeniades irena Evans, 1955 (type locality Ecuador, holotype female in BMNH inspected) or its close undescribed relative, is sister to Zetka zeteki (E. Bell, 1931) ( Fig. 17 ), the type species of Zetka Grishin, 2019 , and not as closely related to Neoxeniades Hayward, 1938 (type species Neoxeniades musarion Hayward, 1938 ), suggesting Zetka irena ( Evans, 1955) , new combination.

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Figure 17. Genomic tree of Carystina, Pericharini, Megathymini and relatives. Clades corresponding to new subtribes described in this work are highlighted in green. See Fig. 1 legend for other notations.