Papias trimacula Nicolay, 1973

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 : 65

Papias trimacula Nicolay, 1973 is a junior subjective synonym of Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891)

Genomic sequencing of the Papias trimacula Nicolay, 1973 (type locality Panama: Canal Zone) holotype in the AMNH collection reveals its close relationship with the holotype of Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891) (type locality Honduras) ( Fig. 14 ) and implies that P. trimacula belongs to Nastra Evans, 1955 (type species Hesperia lherminier Latreille, [1824] ). Holotypes of P. trimacula and N. subsordida are similar phenotypically, and only differ in the lack of yellow spots in the latter. Inspection of several specimens identified as Papias trimacula reveals that the development of yellow spots is variable and they may be lacking. COI barcodes of the two holotypes differ by only 0.3% (2 bp). Therefore, we propose that Papias trimacula Nicolay, 1973 is a junior subjective synonym of Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891) .

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Figure 14. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 2. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.