Punta Evans, 1955

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2024, Taxonomic advances driven by the genomic analysis of butterflies, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 11 (7), pp. 1-43 : 37-38

Punta Evans, 1955 is a junior subjective synonym of Paracarystus Godman, 1900

Genomic phylogeny places Punta punta Evans, 1955 ( type locality in Brazil: Pará), the type and the only species of Punta Evans, 1955 , as a close sister to or even within Paracarystus Godman, 1900 ( type species Cobalus hypargyra Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 ) ( Fig. 33). Genetic differentiation between the two genera is low, e.g., COI barcodes of their type species differ by 6.1% (41 bp) and Punta does not stand out as a prominent separate lineage ( Fig. 33). Therefore, we propose that Punta Evans, 1955 , syn. nov. is a junior subjective synonym of Paracarystus Godman, 1900 .

Genomic comparison of subspecies of Vettius phyllus (Cramer, 1777) ( type locality in Suriname) reveals that Vettius phyllus prona Evans, 1955 ( type locality in Brazil: São Paulo) is genetically differentiated from others at the species level ( Fig. 34), e.g., its COI barcode differs from the nominate V. phyllus by 2% (13 bp). Therefore, we propose that Vettius prona Evans, 1955 , stat. nov. is a species distinct from Vettius phyllus (Cramer, 1777) .