Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2025, Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (5), pp. 1-201 : 117-118

Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918 and Astraptes alardus aquila Evans, 1952 are a junior subjective synonym and a subspecies of

Telegonus latimargo ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) , respectively

Genomic analysis of the lectotype of Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918 (type locality Venezuela: Caura Valley, sequenced as NVG-15096C02) currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Telegonus alardus alardus (Stoll, 1790) (type locality in Suriname) is not monophyletic with it and is placed among specimens of Telegonus latimargo ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (type locality in tropical America to USA, sequenced as NVG-15031C08) ( Fig. 61). Therefore, we propose that Telegonus fabrici Ehrmann, 1918 is a junior subjective synonym of Telegonus latimargo ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) , rather than of T. alardus alardus , resulting in a new synonym placement. Moreover, while specimens from western Colombia that we identified as Astraptes alardus aquila Evans, 1952 (type locality in Colombia: Cauca Valley), due to their reduced white overscaling towards the ventral hindwing margin, differ from both T. latimargo and T. alardus by this character of their wing pattern, they are genetically placed among specimens of T. latimargo ( Fig. 61). Because subspecies are frequently defined only by their wing patterns, they do not have to be separated into clades by their overall genetic similarity. Hence, not willing to synonymize the name, we propose to treat A. alardus aquila Evans, 1952 as a subspecies of T. latimargo forming a new

species-subspecies combination: Telegonus latimargo aquila (Evans, 1952) , comb. nov. Finally, both species, T. latimargo and T. alardus , are present in the Department of Tolima, Colombia ( Fig. 61), although they have not been recorded at the same locality.