Tricrista Grishin, new genus

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Type species. Penicula crista Evans, 1955 .

Definition. A sister genus to Vettius Godman, [1901] (type species Papilio phyllus Cramer, 1777) and far removed from Penicula Evans, 1955 (type species Pamphila bryanti Weeks, 1906) (Fig. 11–12), where these species were placed previously due to the characteristic tuft of hair-like scales in the discal area of hindwing above, apparently a convergent feature different in details between them. Keys to L.10.2a in Evans (1955). Distinguished from its relatives (including Penicula) by the structure of its dorsal hindwing area with the tuft of scales: the dense (not thin) tuft from upper part of discal cell at its base, covering gray (not black) area by the thickened bases of veins CuA 2 and CuA 2 (not reaching vein 1A+2A). No hyaline spots in forewing cell M 2 -M 3. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly2041.22.2:G133A, aly563.7.2:A292G, aly208.38.3:A886T, aly536.2.4:A94A (not T), aly3721.1.24:A167A (not G), aly3721.1.24:A169A (not C).

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, and it denotes that three species in the genus have “crist” in their names.

Species included. The type species, Penicula cristina Evans, 1955, Cobalus cristatus Bell, 1930, Penicula roppai Mielke, 1980, and Rinthon [sic] advena Draudt, 1923 .

Parent taxon. Subtribe Moncina A. Warren, 2008.