Libra Evans, 1955

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian & Grishin, Nick V., 2023, Supplementary Materials and Appendix, Insecta Mundi 2023 (26), pp. 1-115 : 41

Libra Evans, 1955 is a junior subjective synonym of Phemiades Hübner, [1819]

Genomic sequencing of representative species, including the type species of both genera, reveals that Libra Evans, 1955 (type species Augiades aligula Schaus, 1902 ) originates within Phemiades Hübner, [1819] (type species Phemiades pseudophineus de Jong, 1983 ) and is not monophyletic in the Z chromosome tree ( Fig. 4). The two genera are genetically close to each other: e.g., COI barcodes of their type species differ by 7% (46 bp). Therefore, we propose that Libra Evans, 1955 is a junior subjective synonym of Phemiades Hübner, [1819] .