Troyus fantasos (Cramer, 1780)

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Opler, Paul A. & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Changes to North American butterfly names, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 8 (2), pp. 1-12 : 8

Troyus fantasos (Cramer, 1780) , Troyus onaca ( Evans, 1955) , Troyus aurelius (Plötz, 1882) , Troyus marcus (Fabricius, 1787) , Troyus diversa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) , and Troyus drova ( Evans, 1955) , new combinations

Previously placed in the genus Vettius Godman, 1901 (type species Papilio phyllus Cramer, 1777), Papilio fantasos Cramer, 1780 is not monophyletic with Vettius type species, and is a close relative of the monotypic genus Troyus A. Warren & Turland, 2012 (type and the only included species Troyus turneri A. Warren & Turland, 2012). Their sister genus is Monca Evans, 1955 (type species Cobalus telata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) ( Fig. 13 ). Therefore, we establish a new combination Troyus fantasos. Due to genetic and morphological similarities, we additionally propose the following new combinations: Troyus onaca (Evans, 1955), Troyus aurelius (Plötz, 1882), Troyus marcus (Fabricius, 1787), Troyus diversa (HerrichSchäffer, 1869), and Troyus drova (Evans, 1955). All these species were in Vettius before.

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Fig. 13. Troyus, Monca, and no Vettius.