Mnasalcas Godman, 1900

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Mnasalcas Godman, 1900 is a valid genus

Currently a junior subjective synonym of Mnasitheus Godman, 1900 (type species Mnasitheus cephis Godman, 1900 , a junior subjective synonym of Cobalus chrysophrys Mabille, 1891 ), Mnasalcas Godman, 1900 (type species Pamphila uniformis Butler and H. Druce, 1872, which is a junior subjective synonym of Cobalus simplicissima Herrich-Schäffer, 1870 ) in not monophyletic with it. Instead of Moncina A. Warren, 2008 , Mnasalcas belongs to the subtribe Falgina Grishin, 2019 , where it is in the same clade with Falga Mabille, 1898 (type species Carystus jeconia Butler, 1870 ) and Barrolla Grishin, 2019 (type species Paratrytone barroni Evans, 1955 ), and therefore is a valid genus ( Fig. 16 ). In addition to the type species, Mnasitheus continua Evans, 1955 (type locality Bolivia) and Euroto ritans Schaus, 1902 (type locality Brazil: Rio de Janeiro), currently in Mnasitheus are transferred to Mnasalcas .

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Figure 16. Genomic tree of Anthoptina, Falgina and relatives. See Fig. 1 legend for notations.