Eurema millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987

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Eurema millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987 is a species distinct from Eurema agave (Cramer, 1775)

Genomic sequencing reveals that Eurema agave millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987 (type locality in Mexico: Tabasco) ( Fig. 3 red) is genetically differentiated from Eurema agave (Cramer, [1775]) (type locality in Suriname) ( Fig. 3 blue) at the species level, e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 3.2% (21 bp). Therefore, we propose that Eurema millerorum Llorente & Luis, 1987 , stat. nov. is a species distinct from Eurema agave (Cramer, 1775) . Due to comparatively smaller genetic differentiation in the nuclear genome ( Fig. 3a), we leave Terias pallida Chavannes, 1850 (type locality in Brazil: São Paulo) as a subspecies of E. agave but note its distinct mitochondrial genome ( Fig. 3b) needing further investigation.