Myselasia, 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 : 15-16

Myselasia Grishin, new genus

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Type species. Eurygona mys Herrich-Schäffer, [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 green). Instead, an independent prominent lineage in the same clade with and of the same rank as Methone Doubleday, 1847 (type species Papilio cecilia Cramer, 1777 ) (Fig. 15 brown, gray and red), thus is a new genus. Largely, the Hygeniiformes group of Stichel (1928), sharing its diagnostic characters. Hindwing rounded, below with a kinked-L-shaped central reddish band and an eyespot in the middle by the margin, but without well-developed marginal longitudinal dashes; forewing without eyespots and with 1-2 narrow reddish bands. The following combination of nuclear genome characters is diagnostic: cne23605.2.5:C468T, cne13338.5.3: A334C, cne123.2.3:C1009T, cne18035.2.1:C172A, and cne81.14.5:A756G.

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: Mys + [Eus] elasia 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 alcmena Druce, 1878 , Eurygona athena Hewitson, 1869 , Eurygona cafusa Bates, 1868 , Euselasia crinon Stichel, 1919 , Euselasia cucuta (Schaus, 1902) , Euselasia cyanofusa J. Hall & Willmott, 1998 , Euselasia eberti Callaghan, 1999 , Euselasia ella Seitz, 1916 , Eurygona eulione Hewitson, 1856 , Euselasia eustola Stichel, 1919 , Euselasia gradata Stichel, 1927 , Eurygona hieronymi Salvin & Godman, 1868 , Papilio hygenius Stoll, 1787 , Euselasia illarina J. Hall, Willmott & R. Busby, 1998 , Eurygona inconspicua Godman & Salvin, 1878 , Euselasia janigena Stichel, 1919 , Euselasia jigginsi J. Hall & Willmott, 1998 , Eurygona leucon Schaus, 1913 , Euselasia mapatayna J. Hall & Willmott, 1998 , Euselasia marica Stichel, 1919 , Eurygona mystica Schaus, 1913 , Euselasia nauca J. Hall & Willmott, 1998 , Euselasia pance Callaghan, 1999 , Eurygona procula Godman & Salvin, 1885 , Euselasia pseudomys Callaghan, 1999 , Euselasia pullata Stichel, 1927 , Eurygona pusilla R. Felder, 1869 , Euselasia rhodon Seitz, 1913 , and Eurygona sergia Godman & Salvin, 1885 .

Parent taxon. Subfamily Euselasiinae Kirby, 1871 .