Pellicia (Mictris) cambyses Hewitson, 1878

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2024, New taxa of butterflies supported by genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (3), pp. 1-63 : 22

Pellicia (Mictris) cambyses Hewitson, 1878 is a valid species distinct from of Pellicia (Mictris) crispus Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

Genomic analysis reveals that specimens with brownish ventral hindwing are genetically differentiated from Pellicia (Mictris) crispus Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 (type locality in Venezuela) characterized by metallic-blue posterior third of ventral hindwing are genetically differentiated from each other at the species level ( Fig. 24), e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 2.6% (17 bp). The name P. crispus was previously misapplied to the species with brown hindwing, and the oldest name applicable to this species is Arteurotia cambyses Hewitson, 1878 (type locality in Bolivia). Therefore, we propose that Pellicia (Mictris) cambyses Hewitson, 1878 , stat. rest. is a valid species distinct from Pellicia (Mictris) crispus Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 . Due to phenotypic similarities, Pellicia pericles Mabille, 1903 (type locality in Bolivia) is a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia (Mictris) cambyses Hewitson, 1878 , stat. rest. and not of Pellicia (Mictris) crispus Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 .