Aethilla jaira Butler, 1870

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 : 23

Aethilla jaira Butler, 1870 and Telegonus jaira race jamaicensis Williams, 1927 are junior subjective synonyms of Telegonus cretellus ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) , reinstated status

Currently a junior subjective synonym of Telegonus cassander (Fabricius, 1793) (type locality not specified [ Cuba?]), Eudamus cretellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 (type locality not more specific than Tropical America to USA) is not conspecific with it, and the E. cretellus syntype (NVG-15031C03) in the ZMHB is placed in the genomic tree within a clade containing specimens from Jamaica identified as Telegonus jaira (Butler, 1870) (type locality West Indies [ Jamaica]) ( Fig. 1 ). The syntype has heavier green overscaling consistent with a Jamaican origin identified by DNA sequencing and thus differs phenotypically from its sister species T. cassander from Cuba and Isla de Juventud. Because this species is only known from Jamaica, it is likely that the syntype of E. cretellus was collected in Jamaica. The holotype and allotype of Telegonus jaira race jamaicensis Williams, 1927 (type locality Jamaica) (NVG-15096C01 and NVG-15096B01) in the CMNH are also in the same clade. Telegonus cretellus ( Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) is the oldest name for this clade and therefore takes priority, rendering Aethilla jaira Butler, 1870 and T. j. race jamaicensis Williams, 1927 its junior subjective synonyms. To stabilize nomenclature, N.V.G. designates the syntype in the ZMHB bearing the following labels || Origin || cretellus HS || Coll. H. – Sch. || Telegon. | Cretellus | HS. || GEN.PREP., | MIELKE | 1996 || [barcode image] http://coll.mfn-berlin. de/u/ | 940b07 || DNA sample ID: | NVG-15031C03 | c/o Nick V. Grishin || as the lectotype of Eudamus cretellus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 .

Figures

Figure 1. Genomic tree of Eudaminae. The tree is constructed from protein-coding regions. The tree is rooted with Pterourus glaucus (Linnaeus, 1758) (NVG-1670), not shown. Statistical support values are shown on nodes. For each specimen, its name adopted in this work is given first, and a previously used name is listed in square brackets (if different), supplemented with the DNA sample number, type status (see Table 2 caption for abbreviations) and general locality. See Table S1 in the Supplemental file for additional data about these specimens. Synonyms are given in parentheses preceded by “=”, and in addition by “‡” for unavailable names. The type status refers to this synonym, if the synonym name is provided. Clades corresponding to new genera, subgenera and species are colored in red, orange and green, respectively, and the names of new taxa are highlighted accordingly. Names of selected tribes, subtribes, genera, and subgenera are labeled at their clades. Clades corresponding to some genera are highlighted in yellow to compare their genetic diversifications (length of the highlight in horizontal dimension) with each other. Groups of similar genetic diversification would ideally correspond to genera. The