Lychnuchus (Enosis) ponka ( Evans, 1955 ) Zhang & Cong & Grishin, 2023

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 68

Lychnuchus (Enosis) ponka ( Evans, 1955) , new combination

Genomic sequencing reveals that Thoon ponka Evans, 1955 (type locality in Brazil: Para) is in a different clade from Thoon Godman, 1900 (type species Proteides modius Mabille, 1889 ), and instead originates within the subgenus Enosis Mabille, 1889 (type species Enosis dognini Mabille, 1889 ) of Lychnuchus Hübner, [1831] (type species Lychnuchus olenus Hübner, [1831] , which is a junior subjective synonym of Hesperia celsus Fabricius, 1793 ) ( Fig. 7). Therefore, we propose a new combination Lychnuchus (Enosis) ponka ( Evans, 1955) .