Chirgus (Chirgus) trisignatus (Mabille, 1875)

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 : 151

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2643-4806

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scientific name

Chirgus (Chirgus) trisignatus (Mabille, 1875)
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Chirgus (Chirgus) trisignatus (Mabille, 1875) is a species distinct from Chirgus (Chirgus) bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)

Genomic phylogeny reveals that in all three trees Scelothrix [sic] trisignatus Mabille, 1875 (type locality Chile: Valparaiso), currently treated as a subspecies of Chirgus (Chirgus) bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874) (type locality in Bolivia) ( Fig. 109 aquamarine), is strongly differentiated from it genetically ( Fig. 109 blue), forming a distinct clade that includes specimens throughout the range. The Z chromosome Fst of the two taxa is 0.44, their COI barcodes differ by 1.4% (9 bp), and they possess distinct wing patterns as detailed by Evans (1953). Therefore, we propose that Chirgus (Chirgus) trisignatus (Mabille, 1875) , stat. rest. is a species distinct from Chirgus (Chirgus) bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

Genus

Chirgus

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