Cravera de Jong, 1983

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 50

Cravera de Jong, 1983 is a subgenus of Xeniades Godman, 1900

Cravera de Jong, 1983 (type species Cravera rara de Jong, 1983 ) and Xeniades Godman, 1900 (type species Papilio orchamus Cramer, 1777 ) are closely related sisters in the genomic tree ( Fig. 11 ). COI barcodes of Cravera laureatus (Draudt, 1923) holotype (NVG-18093D09) and Xeniades orchamus ( Cramer, 1777) from Panama (NVG-18119B04) are only 5.9% (39 bp) different, small divergence not unusual even for cryptic species. Phenotypically, these taxa are also similar in their robust bodies, nearly triangular wing shapes, and patters of spots and stripes. Due to these similarities, we place Cravera de Jong, 1983 as a subgenus of Xeniades Godman, 1900 .

Figures

Figure 11. Genomic tree of Hesperiina and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.