Dismorphiinae Schatz, 1886

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Butterfly classification and species discovery using genomics, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (3), pp. 1-94 : 13-14

Tribes and subtribes in Dismorphiinae Schatz, 1886

The subfamily Dismorphiinae Schatz, 1886 splits into two prominent clades that we propose to treat as tribes: the nominotypical and Leptidiini Grote,1897, stat. rev., which is monotypic ( Fig. 5). The two tribes are well-defined morphologically ( Klots 1933) and biogeographically, with Leptidiini being the Old World tribe and Dismorphiini restricted to the New World.

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Type genus. Pseudopieris Godman & Salvin, 1890 .

Definition. Pseudopieris (type species Pieris nehemia Boisduval, 1836 ) is sister to and is stronger differentiated genetically from the rest of Dismorphiini Schatz, 1886 ( Fig. 5). Therefore, combined with phenotypic differences, we propose that the lineage with Pseudopieris corresponds to a subtribe. This new subtribe is distinguished from the rest of Dismorphiini (and Dismorphiinae , for that matter) by much broader wings that are more like in Pieris Schrank, 1801 , rather than the elongated wings of Dismorphiinae , the last abdominal segment with rounded lobes and a cleft, and M 1 stalked with R stem on the forewing. See Klots (1933) for details and illustrations given for Pseudopieris . A combination of the following base pairs in the nuclear genome is diagnostic: pse7986.9.2:A4048G, pse19182.2.2:T3830C, pse165.20.1:A803T, pse578.3.2:C31A, pse578.3.2:A12G.

Genera included. Only the type genus.

Parent Taxon. Tribe Dismorphiini Schatz, 1886 .