Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891 )

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 : 65

Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891) , reinstated status, new combination

Pamphila subsordida Mabille, 1891 (type locality Honduras) has been considered a junior subjective synonym of Eutychide asema ( Mabille, 1891) (type locality Honduras) by Evans (1955). Above, we placed E. asema in Adlerodea Hayward, 1940 (type species Adlerodea modesta Hayward, 1940 ). Sequencing of the P. subsordida holotype in the ZMHB collection (NVG-15035E09) reveals that it is a species-level taxon sister to Nastra leucone (Godman, 1900) (type locality Guatemala) ( Fig. 14 ). Elongated, yellow-brown wings, even paler and unspotted below agree with this placement and refute Evans’ synonymy with A. asema , which is darker reddish-brown and typically with several black dots in postdiscal area on hindwing below. Hence, we reinstate Nastra subsordida ( Mabille, 1891) as a species. Because the N. subsordida holotype lacked abdomen at least since the times of Godman and Salvin (1900a), genomic analysis is particularly important to reveal its true identity.

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Figure 14. Genomic tree of Moncina, part 2. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.