Viridina Grishin, 2019

Viridina Grishin , new genus

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Type species. Lerema View in CoL (?) viridis Bell, 1942 .

Definition. A close sister genus to Moeris Godman, [1900] View in CoL ( type species Talides striga Geyer, [1832] View in CoL ). Not in the same clade as Lerema Scudder, 1872 View in CoL ( type species Papilio accius Smith, 1797 ), Tigasis Godman, [1900] View in CoL ( type species Tigasis zalates Godman, [1900] ) or its subjective synonym Alerema Hayward, 1942 ( type species Alerema aeteria Hayward, 1942 treated as junior subjective synonym of Phlebodes simplex Bell, 1930 View in CoL ), where species from this genus were placed previously ( Fig. 11–12 View Figure 11 View Figure 12 ). Keys to J.44.10 or J.41.6. in Evans (1955). Genitalia illustrated by Bell in his fig. 9 ( Bell 1942). Distinguished from its relatives by a combination of the following characters: uncus undivided, narrowing to a point; in ventral view: uncus sides slightly concave, gnathos arms widely apart, crescent-shaped, the same length as uncus, forming an φ together with it; saccus short, about the length of uncus, penis stout; harpe shorter than 1/3 of valva, slightly upturned, finely serrated at the distal margin, with a small tooth near ampulla, separated from it by a small notch; antennae longer than half of costa, checkered; wings produced; narrow complete stigma on forewing from base of vein CuA 1 to vein 1A+2A in males; hindwing below greenishochreous with a postdiscal irregular row of indistinct pale blotch-like spots. In DNA, a combination of the following base pairs is diagnostic: aly1019.13.1:C3748G, aly208.17.4:G1754C, aly1475.19.1:A667G, aly 1041.11.5:G116G (not A), aly1294.15.2:A1078A (not T), aly272.12.6:A338A (not G).

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, and denotes that all three species placed in this genus have “virid” in their names.

Species included. The type species, Pamphila viridenex Weeks, 1901 , which is a very close relative, and Oeonus subviridis Hayward, 1940 .

Parent taxon. Subtribe Moncina A. Warren, 2008.