Ephyriades jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879)

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 : 35

Ephyriades jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879) , reinstated status

Currently treated as a subspecies of Ephyriades brunnea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (type locality Cuba), Achlyodes jamaicensis Möschler, 1879 (type locality Jamaica) is not monophyletic with it and forms a prominent clade of its own ( Fig. 7 ). The difference in COI barcodes is 3.8% (25 bp) between syntypes of E. brunnea (NVG-15032B07) and A. jamaicensis (NVG-15032B06) in the ZMHB. Hence, we reinstate Ephyriades jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879) as a species.

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Figure 7. Genomic tree of Erynnini. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.