Pelolasia, Grishin, 2021

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Opler, Paul A. & Grishin, Nick V., 2021, Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 9 (3), pp. 1-55 : 15

Pelolasia Grishin, new genus

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Type species. Eurygona pelor Hewitson, [1853] .

Definition. Currently within Euselasia Hübner, [1819] (type species Euselasia gelaena Hübner, [1819] , which is Papilio gelon Stoll, 1787 ) but is not monophyletic with it (Fig. 15 magenta). Instead, an independent prominent lineage originating in the early radiation of Euselasiini Kirby, 1871 and a poorly supported sister to the clade that includes Methone Doubleday, 1847 (type species Papilio cecilia Cramer, 1777 ) (Fig. 15 brown, gray and red) and Erythia Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio labdacus Stoll, 1780 ) (Fig. 15 olive). Therefore, it constitutes a new genus. Union of Stichel (1928) groups Peloriformes, Eusepiformes, Melaphaeoformes, Argenteoformes and Eubuliformes (in part). Characterized by wings rounder than in relatives, hindwing with undulate outer margin and checkered fringes, ventrally with postdiscal reddish line and a row of marginal black dots framed with white, reddish, or both; or nearly immaculate wings below, silvery to golden, may be with marginal black dots on hindwing and brown postdiscal line; or with 3–5 brown narrow bands over broader than bands pale background, lacking isolated large eyespots or dotted discal pattern, or with a row of small eyespots along hindwing margin. The following combination of nuclear genome characters is diagnostic: cne 2559.1.3:T87C, cne3355. 8.1:T362C, cne 1314.4.1:A351G, cne 2022.5.2:C448A, and cne599.10.1:T5841A.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular formed as a fusion of the type species name and its former genus name: Pelo [r] + [Euse] lasia to keep the word at 9 letters, which is the number of letters in Euselasia and the number of genera Euselasia is being split into.

Species included. The type species, Eurygona amphidecta Godman & Salvin, 1878 , Eurygona argentea Hewitson, 1871 , Eurygona artos Herrich-Schäffer, [1853] , Eurygona aurantia Butler & Druce, 1872 , Eurygona bettina Hewitson, 1869 , Eurygona candaria Druce, 1904 , Eurygona cataleuca R. Felder, 1869 , Eurygona chrysippe Bates, 1866 , Eurygona euboea Hewitson, [1853] , Eurygona eumedia Hewitson, 1853 , Eurygona eumenes Hewitson, 1853 , Euselasia eupatra Seitz, 1916 , Eurygona eusepus Hewitson, 1853 , Eurygona fervida Butler, 1874 , Euselasia hahneli Staudinger, [1887] , Euselasia ignitus Stichel, 1924 , Eurygona mazaca Hewitson, 1860 , Erythia melaphaea Hübner, 1823 , Eurygona mirania Bates, 1868 , Euselasia misteriosa Salazar & J. Vargas, 2019 , Euselasia nytua J. Hall & Willmott, 2009 , Euselasia pellonia Stichel, 1919 , Euselasia rubrocilia Lathy, 1926 , and Euselasia seitzi Lathy, 1926 .

Parent taxon. Subfamily Euselasiinae Kirby, 1871 .