Vistigma Hayward, 1939

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 : 84

Vistigma Hayward, 1939 is a valid genus and Penicula Evans, 1955 is its subgenus

Currently a junior subjective synonym of Phlebodes Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio pertinax Stoll, [1781] ), Vistigma Hayward, 1939 (type species Vistigma xanthobasis Hayward, 1939 ) is not monophyletic with it and instead is sister to Penicula Evans, 1955 (type species Pamphila bryanti Weeks, 1906 ) ( Fig. 15 ), a genus that currently consists of two closely related species. COI barcode difference between the type species of Vistigma and Penicula is 8.2% (54 bp), thus we propose to consider them congeneric with Penicula Evans, 1955 being a subgenus of Vistigma Hayward, 1939 , which is a valid genus, revised status. In addition to the type species, two species that are currently in Phlebodes belong to Vistigma : Phlebodes virgo Evans, 1955 (type locality Brazil: Amazonas) and Pamphila vira Butler, 1870 (type locality Brazil: Para).

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