Gorgopas extensa ( Mabille, 1891 ) Zhang & Cong & Shen & Grishin, 2022

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui & Grishin, Nick V., 2022, Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera), Insecta Mundi 2022 (921), pp. 1-135 : 28

Gorgopas extensa ( Mabille, 1891) , new combination

Presently in Polyctor Evans, 1953 (type species Pirgus [sic] polyctor Prittwitz, 1868 ), Pterygospidea extensa Mabille, 1891 (type locality Peru: Huayabamba) is not monophyletic with it, and instead is sister to Gorgopas Godman and Salvin, 1894 (type species Achlyodes viridiceps Butler and Druce, 1872 , which is currently treated as a junior subjective synonym of Pellicia chlorocephala Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 ) ( Fig. 5 ), where it is transferred to form Gorgopas extensa ( Mabille, 1891) , new combination.

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Figure 5. Genomic tree of Carcharodini and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.