Acleros nyassicola Strand, 1921

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 : 71

Acleros nyassicola Strand, 1921 is a junior subjective synonym of Acleros (Isocleros) olaus (Plötz, 1884) , not of Acleros (Isocleros) mackenii (Trimen, 1868)

In the genomic trees, the holotype of Acleros nyassicola Strand, 1921 (type locality in Malawi, sequenced as NVG-20082G06, in SDEI) reveals that it is not conspecific with Acleros (Isocleros) mackenii (Trimen, 1868) , (type locality in South Africa, possible syntype sequenced as NVG-20126G11) and instead groups with Acleros (Isocleros) olaus (Plötz, 1884) , stat. rest. (type locality in Congo, syntype sequenced as NVG-18073C07) ( Figs. 45, 46). Therefore, we propose to treat Acleros nyassicola Strand, 1921 as a junior subjective synonym of Acleros (Isocleros) olaus (Plötz, 1884) .