Esthemopheles Röber, 1903
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Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 |
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and Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 View in CoL is its junior subjective synonym
Currently included within Thisbe Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio belise Stoll, 1782 , which is a junior subjective synonym of Papilio irenea Stoll, 1780 ), Uraneis Bates, 1868 (type species Tharops hyalina Butler, 1867 ) and Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 (type species Esthemopheles lamprolenis Röber, 1903 , currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Uraneis ucubis Hewitson, 1870 ) are not monophyletic with it, instead forming a clade ( Fig. 23 red) sister to several genera ( Fig. 23). To restore the monophyly, we propose that Uraneis Bates, 1868 stat. rest. is a valid genus and not a synonym of Thisbe Hübner, [1819] . The type species of Uraneis and Esthemopheles are closely related to each other ( Fig. 23 red); e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 5.6% (37 bp), and, therefore, we keep Esthemopheles Röber, 1903 as a junior subjective synonym, but place it in synonymy with Uraneis Bates, 1868 and not with Thisbe Hübner, [1819] .
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Type species. Lemonias lencates Hewitson, 1875 .
Definition. Genomic phylogeny reveals that a clade of Pachythone H. Bates, 1868 View in CoL (type species Pachythone erebia Bates, 1868 View in CoL ) species formerly placed in Roeberella Strand, 1932 View in CoL (type species Lemonias calvus Staudinger, 1887 View in CoL ) ( Fig. 23 labeled aquamarine) is genetically differentiated from the rest at least at the subgenus level, e.g., COI barcodes of Pachythone erebia View in CoL and Pachythone lencates (Hewitson, 1875) differ by 10% (66 bp). Therefore, this clade represents a new subgenus. This new subgenus differs from its relatives by the following combination of characters: forewings with a straight to slightly concave in the middle costal margin and a nearly hooked apex; wings are brown with darkerbrown spots and dashes, beneath paler and with whiter areas and stronger brown spotting with at least some dark spots framed with white; and a dorsal hindwing with white stripes and spots and at least with a predominantly white anal fold. In DNA, a combination of the following characters is diagnostic in the nuclear genome: cne9146.3.1:A1335C, cne9146.3.1:C1366T, cne81.7.1:G66A, cne81.7.1:T70A, cne10454.2. 3:A303T; and in COI barcode: A88T, T220C, T281C, T349A, T475C.
Etymology. The name is formed from the type species and is a feminine noun in the nominative singular.
Species included. The type species (i.e., Lemonias lencates Hewitson, 1875 ), Roeberella flocculus Brévignon & Gallard, 1993 , Roeberella floccus Brévignon, 2013 , Roeberella heberti P. Jauffret & J. Jauffret, 2007 , and Roeberella marajoara P. Jauffret & J. Jauffret, 2007 .
Parent taxon. Genus Pachythone H. Bates, 1868 .
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