Enosis Mabille, 1889

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 : 81

Enosis Mabille, 1889 is a subgenus of Lychnuchus Hübner, [1831]

Enosis Mabille, 1889 (type species Enosis dognini Mabille, 1889 ) is sister to currently monotypic Lychnuchus Hübner, [1831] (type species Lychnuchus olenus Hübner, [1831] , which is a junior subjective synonym of Hesperia celsus Fabricius, 1793 ) ( Fig. 15 ). COI barcode difference between the type species of these genera is 7.1% (47 bp). Morphologically, they both are characterized by bifid aedeagus tip covered in small teeth and stout uncus with knob-like arms. Due to these similarities and to avoid a monotypic genus Lychnuchus , which is not prominently distinct, but possesses possibly mimetic and unusual for Enosis wing patterns, we propose to treat Enosis Mabille, 1889 as a subgenus of Lychnuchus Hübner, [1831] .

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