Lasaia callaina Clench, 1972

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 : 14

Lasaia callaina Clench, 1972 is a species distinct from Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809])

Genomic analysis of Lasaia agesilas callaina Clench, 1972 (type locality in Mexico: San Luis Potosí) including its holotype (NVG-15099E07) reveals that it is genetically differentiated from the nominate Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809]) (type locality in Peru) at the species level ( Fig. 11) with Fst / Gmin of 0.27/0.008, although their COI barcodes differ only by 0.3% (2 bp). Moreover, it is sister to the clade of both L. agesilas agesilas and Lasaia aerugo Clench, 1972 (type locality in Peru). Therefore, we propose that Lasaia callaina Clench, 1972 , stat. nov. is a species distinct from Lasaia agesilas (Latreille, [1809]) .