Albulina Tutt, 1909

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 : 28

Albulina Tutt, 1909 is a genus distinct from Agriades Hübner, [1819]

Genomic phylogeny of Agriades Hübner, 1819 ( type species Papilio glandon Prunner, 1798 ) and relatives reveals nuclear-mitochondrial incongruence ( Fig. 22). Papilio orbitulus de Prunner, 1798 , a valid name for the type species of Albulina Tutt, 1909 ( type species Papilio pheretes Hoffmansegg, 1804 , a replacement name for Papilio atys Hübner, [1804] , regarded as a junior subjective synonym of P. orbitulus ), currently in the genus Agriades , is indeed placed within Agriades in the mitochondrial genome tree ( Fig. 22c magenta and green). However, nuclear genome trees (both autosomes Fig. 22a and the Z tree shows strong statistical support for the lack of monophyly ( Fig. 22b). We consider that the nuclear genome represents the organism, and the mitochondrial genome is more prone to evolutionary irregularities such as introgression and possibly complete replacement by a mitogenome of a relative. Therefore, Agriades is not monophyletic if it includes A. orbitulus . To restore the monophyly of Agriades , we propose to treat Albulina Tutt, 1909 , stat. rev. as a genus distinct from Agriades Hübner, [1819] . The example of nuclear-mitochondrial incongruence in Agriades - Albulina is remarkable in its taxonomic significance and should be investigated further in more detail.