Byasa genestieri Hu & Cotton & Lamas & Duan & Zhang 2023, stat. nov.
Authors/Creators
- 1. Institute of International Rivers and Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China & Yunnan Key Laboratory of International Rivers and Transboundary Eco-security, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- 2. 86 / 2 Moo 5, Tambon Nong Kwai, Hang Dong, Chiang Mai, Thailand
- 3. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Apartado 14 - 0434, Lima- 14, Peru
- 4. School of Agriculture, Yunnan University, Kunming, 650500, China
- 5. Kunming Youning Biotech Co., Ltd, Kunming, 650031, China
Description
49. Byasa genestieri (Oberthür, 1918) stat. nov.
Papilio Latreillei Genestieri Oberth ü r, 1918; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr., 1918 (12): 187; TL: ‘Siao-lou, Tchang-chau-pin et au haut Lou-Tse-Kiang’ [Sichuan and Yunnan (upper Mekong), China].
Note: DNA analysis using the COI barcode from the first author’s lab, not previously published, found that the K2P genetic distance (Kimura 1980) between Byasa genestieri and B. latreillei is 3.38%, and the support value on the IQ-Tree is 0.88 (Xu 2022). This confirms the findings in a conference presentation by Deodati et al. (2007), who reported significant differences in COI sequences between the two taxa and stated they must be separate species. The main difference in male genitalia is the shape of the superuncus, which in B. latreillei is shorter, smooth and less curved downwardly, while in B. genestieri it is longer, hooked near the tip and evidently curved downwardly (Figures 6–8). The female genitalia of the two are very similar except for the slight difference in lamella postvaginalis (Figures 9 and 10). As a result, we separate Byasa genestieri and B. latreillei as distinct species (stat. nov.). Byasa genestieri comprises two subspecies, both occuring in Yunnan.
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Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Hu & Cotton & Lamas & Duan & Zhang
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Byasa
- Species
- genestieri
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic status
- stat. nov.
- Taxonomic concept label
- Byasa genestieri (Oberthur, 1918) sec. Hu, Cotton, Lamas, Duan & Zhang, 2023
References
- Kimura, M. (1980) A simple method for estimating evolutionary rates of base substitutions through comparative studies of nucleotide sequences. Journal of Molecular Evolution, 16, 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01731581
- Xu, Z. B. (2022) The Phylogeography of Atrophaneura (sensu lato). Yunnan University, Kunming, 73 pp.
- Deodati, T., Bollino, M. & Sbordoni, V. (2007) MtDNA COI sequences help clarifying the specific status of taxa within the Papilionid genus Byasa. 5 th International Conference on the Biology of Butterflies. Villa Mondragone, 2 - 7 July 2007. Tor Vergata University, Roma, 112. [abstract]