Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata brasiliensis R. Williams & E. Bell, 1939

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 : 124

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scientific name

Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata brasiliensis R. Williams & E. Bell, 1939
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Pellicia brasiliensis R. Williams & E. Bell, 1939 View in CoL is a subspecies of Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870

Genomic analysis of the holotype of Pellicia brasiliensis R. Williams & E. Bell, 1939 (type locality in Brazil: Minas Gerais, sequenced as NVG-15097B10), currently a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia (Hemipteris) meno (Mabille, 1889) , stat. rest. (type locality in Panama, holotype sequenced as NVG-15032E05) reveals that it is not monophyletic with it, but instead groups closely with Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 (type locality in Mexico and La Guaira, [ Venezuela]) ( Fig. 90). The current synonymy follows Evans (1953), who likely misidentified P. meno and mistook P. brasiliensis for it. Therefore, we propose that Pellicia (Pellicia) dimidiata brasiliensis R. Williams & E. Bell, 1939 , stat. nov. is a valid subspecies.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Pellicia

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