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Troyus fantasos

Description

Troyus fantasos (Cramer, 1780), Troyus onaca (Evans, 1955), Troyus aurelius (Plötz, 1882), Troyus marcus (Fabricius, 1787), Troyus diversa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869), and Troyus drova (Evans, 1955), new combinations

Previously placed in the genus Vettius Godman, 1901 (type species Papilio phyllus Cramer, 1777), Papilio fantasos Cramer, 1780 is not monophyletic with Vettius type species, and is a close relative of the monotypic genus Troyus A. Warren & Turland, 2012 (type and the only included species Troyus turneri A. Warren & Turland, 2012). Their sister genus is Monca Evans, 1955 (type species Cobalus telata Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) (Fig. 13). Therefore, we establish a new combination Troyus fantasos. Due to genetic and morphological similarities, we additionally propose the following new combinations: Troyus onaca (Evans, 1955), Troyus aurelius (Plötz, 1882), Troyus marcus (Fabricius, 1787), Troyus diversa (HerrichSchäffer, 1869), and Troyus drova (Evans, 1955). All these species were in Vettius before.

Notes

Published as part of Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Opler, Paul A. & Grishin, Nick V., 2019, Changes to North American butterfly names, pp. 1-12 in The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 8 (2) on page 8, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16422375

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Cramer
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Hesperiidae
Genus
Troyus
Species
fantasos
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Troyus fantasos (Cramer, 1780) sec. Zhang, Cong, Shen, Opler & Grishin, 2019

References

  • Evans, W. H. 1955. A catalogue of the American Hesperiidae indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum (Natural History). Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae. British Museum (Natural History); London. v + 499 pp., pls. 54-88.