Emesis (Tenedia) tinia, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Song & Grishin, 2025

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2025, Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (5), pp. 1-201 : 20-22

Emesis (Tenedia) tinia Grishin, new species

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Definition and diagnosis. A specimen of Emesis [Fabricius], 1807 (type species Hesperia ovidius Fabricius, 1793 , a junior subjective synonym of Papilio cereus Linnaeus, 1767 ) from Argentina belongs to a lineage originating in deep radiation of the subgenus Tenedia Grishin, 2019 (type species Emesis tenedia C. Felder & R. Felder, 1861) thus being sister to several distant relatives, such as Emesis ocypore (Geyer, 1837) (type locality given as “Africa”, likely in the Amazonian region) and Emesis angularis Hewitson, 1870 (type locality in Ecuador) ( Fig. 16), and, therefore, it represents a new species. This species is not particularly similar to any other Emesis and might have been identified as Emesis diogenia Prittwitz, 1865 (type locality in Brazil: Rio de Janeiro) due to locality and some similarity in wing shape,

hindwing. The new species differs from its relatives by smaller size, narrower wings, dull brown coloration with alternating darker brown and caramel brown bands and patches outlined by darker lines, dashes, and lunules; more uniformly colored on the ventral side with a pattern of rather evenly distributed spots and dashes and a more prominent discal darker band as the basal outline of the dark-brown streaks forming a broken wavy line. Due to unexplored individual variation, most reliable identification is achieved by DNA, and a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: cne4719.2.2: T30 C, cne3798.9.9:G51A, cne 1556.1.19:C72 T, cne4207.2.2:C160 T, cne 1820.1.2: T180 C, cne3116.1.3:C69C (not T); and COI barcode: A40G, T83 C, A202C, C235 T, T283 C, T520 C, T547 C. Barcode sequence of the holotype. Sample NVG-24032C07, GenBank PV 549983, 658 base pairs: AACATTATATTTTATTTTTGGAATTTGGGCAGGAATAGTGGGAACATCTTTAAGTTTATTAATTCGAATAGAATTAGGAACTCCAGGATCTTTAATTGGAGATGATCAAATTTATAATACT ATTGTAACAGCTCATGCTTTTATTATAATTTTTTTTATAGTTATGCCTATTATAATTGGAGGATTTGGTAATTGATTAGTCCCATTAATATTAGGAGCTCCAGACATAGCTTTTCCACGAA TAAATAATATAAGATTTTGATTATTACCCCCCTCATTAATCTTATTAATTTCAAGAAGAATTGTAGAAAATGGAGCTGGAACAGGATGAACAGTGTACCCCCCACTTTCATCTAATATCGC CCATGGTGGATCATCAGTGGATTTAGCCATTTTTTCTTTACATTTAGCTGGTATTTCTTCTATTTTAGGAGCAATTAATTTTATCACCACTATTATCAATATACGAATTAATAATTTATCA TTTGATCAAATACCTCTTTTTGTCTGATCTGTAGGCATTACAGCACTTTTACTTTTATTATCCTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGAGCTATTACTATATTATTAACTGATCGTAATTTAAACACAT CATTTTTTGACCCTGCGGGAGGAGGTGATCCAATTTTATATCAACATTTATTT

Type material. Holotype: ♂ deposited in the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Germany ( MFNB), illustrated in Fig. 17, bears the following five rectangular labels (1 st handwritten, others printed), four white: [Argentinia | Rschus.], [Coll. | Staudinger], [DNA sample ID: | NVG-24032C07 | c/o Nick V. Grishin ], [{QR Code} MfN URI | http://coll.mfn- | berlin.de/u/ | 09c87b], and one red [HOLOTYPE ♂ | Emesis (Tenedia) | tinia Grishin].

Type locality. Argentina .

Etymology. The name is given for the country with the type locality: [Argen] tin {i} a, and also hints at a small size of this species. The name is treated as a noun in apposition.

Distribution. Currently known only from the holotype collected in Argentina.