Dion iccius ( Evans, 1955 ), 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 : 83

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6392056

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scientific name

Dion iccius ( Evans, 1955 )
status

 

Dion iccius ( Evans, 1955) and Dion uza ( Hewitson, 1877) , new combinations

Currently placed in Enosis Mabille, 1889 (type species Enosis dognini Mabille, 1889 ), Enosis iccius Evans, 1955 (type locality Guyana) and Hesperia uza Hewitson, 1877 (type locality unknown) are not monophyletic with its type species and instead originate within Dion Godman, 1901 (type species Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 ) ( Fig. 15 View Figure 15 ). Therefore, they are transferred there to form Dion iccius ( Evans, 1955) , new combination, and Dion uza ( Hewitson, 1877) , new combination.

Evans WH. 1955. A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum (Natural History). Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae. British Museum (Natural History); London. v + 499 p., pl. 54 - 88.

Hewitson WC. 1877. Descriptions of twenty-five new species of Hesperidae. Annals and Magazine of natural History (4) 19 (109): 76 - 85.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Dion