Curvie yucatanensis (Godman & Salvin, 1886)

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 : 15

Curvie yucatanensis (Godman & Salvin, 1886) , stat. rest. is a valid species distinct from Curvie emesia (Hewitson, 1867)

Genomic analysis of Curvie Grishin, 2019 (type species Symmachia emesia Hewitson, 1867 ) reveals that the genus consists of five species-level taxa ( Fig. 11 different colors). Symmachia yucatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1886 (type locality in Mexico, Yucatán) is currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Curvie emesia (Hewitson, 1867) (type locality in Nicaragua). However, the two taxa are genetically differentiated at the species level ( Fig. 11 purple and blue), i.e., their COI barcodes differ by 2.3% (15 bp). Therefore, we propose that Curvie yucatanensis (Godman & Salvin, 1886) , stat. rest. is a valid species distinct from Curvie emesia (Hewitson, 1867) . In addition to these two species in the genus Curvie , three species do not have available names and are described below as new.