Eprius obrepta (Kivirikko, 1936)

Zhang, Jing, Dolibaina, Diego R., Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina, Mielke, Carlos G. C., Casagrande, Mirna M., Mielke, Olaf H. H. & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Taxonomic notes on Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 5271 (1), pp. 91-114 : 103-104

Eprius obrepta (Kivirikko, 1936) , reinstated status

Miltomiges obrepta Kivirikko, 1936 (type locality in Argentina) ( Fig. 6 olive) is genetically differentiated from Eprius veleda (Godman, 1901) (type locality in Mexico ( Ver / Tab), Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama) ( Fig. 6

green), within which it has been placed as a subspecies. COI barcodes of the two taxa differ by 2.1% (14 bp). Therefore, we reinstate it as a species Eprius obrepta (Kivirikko, 1936) , stat. rest., leaving E. veleda monotypic.

Figures

FIGURE 6. Nuclear genome tree of selected Moncina: Psoralis and Artines relatives. See Fig. 4 for notations. Note extreme heterogeneity of evolutionary rates in different lineages, compared to mostly homogenous rates in Fig. 4 tree. Some genera are labeled at their clades. Taxa discussed in the text are shown in different colors: Mucia (blue, with Mucia rusta, comb. nov. labeled in dark blue), Rhomba (cyan, with Rhomba mirnae, comb. nov. labeled in purple), Eprius (green, with Eprius planus, comb. nov. and Eprius obrepta, stat. nov. labeled in orange and olive, respectively), Panca (violet, with Panca fiedleri, comb. nov. labeled in brown), Eutocus (red, with Eutocus brasilia, comb. nov. and Eutocus fosca, comb. nov. labeled in magenta), and Lattus (gray, with Lattus minor, comb. nov. labeled in dark green). Green arrows point from the clade of the genus where a species was placed previously (name in square brackets) to the clade of the species that is being transferred between genera.