Rhinthon braesia (Hewitson, 1867)

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 : 54

Rhinthon braesia (Hewitson, 1867) and Rhinthon bajula ( Schaus, 1902) , new combinations

Evans (1955) treated Thracides molion Godman, 1901 , Thracides bajula Schaus, 1902 , and Hesperia braesia Hewitson, 1867 in Neoxeniades Hayward, 1938 (type species Neoxeniades musarion Hayward, 1938 ). Burns et al. (2010) transferred molion to Rhinthon Godman, 1900 (type species Proteides chiriquensis Mabille, 1889 , a junior subjective synonym of Hesperia osca Plötz, 1882 ), but left the other two of its close relatives ( Fig. 13 ) in Neoxeniades . Here, we correct this problem and suggest Rhinthon braesia and Rhinthon bajula as new combinations.

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Figure 13. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 1, and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.