Grishin, Zhang & Cong & Shen & Opler & Grishin, 2021

Greenie Grishin , new subgenus

http://zoobank.org/ 733681D0-34AF-4884-9396-BE415705E783

Type species. Thecla sheridonii View in CoL [sic] Edwards, 1877, presently Callophrys sheridanii (Edwards, 1877) .

Definition. Previously placed in the subgenus Callophrys Billberg, 1820 View in CoL ( type species Papilio rubi Linnaeus, 1758 ) but is not monophyletic with it, forming a prominent lineage of its own within the genus Callophrys View in CoL (Fig. 13). In appearance, remarkably similar to some species (including the type) from the subgenus Callophrys View in CoL in: wings rounded without tails, slightly lobed hindwings at anal angle, and green color of ventral surface with postdiscal variously complete to absent row of white markings. Distinguished from Callophrys View in CoL by hindwing tornal area: less developed lobe and less crenulate outer margin, and generally smaller and rounder forewing androconial patch. Diagnosed among the genus Callophrys View in CoL by a combination of the following characters in the nuclear genome: cce 2400.8.3:T366C, cce8426.17.3:C4290T, cce10587.6.6:G181C, cce925.9.4:C351T, and cce2041.25.2:T1572A; and the COI barcode: 479C (not T) and 610C (not T), differing from the subgenus Callophrys View in CoL in 202T (not A), 512G (not T), and 556T (not A). See <https://osf.io/kj4es/> for the sequences with these characters.

Etymology. The name is a feminine noun in the nominative singular, Latinized verbatim from the affectionate English name of this butterfly group.

Species included. The type species, Thecla viridis W. H. Edwards, 1862 , Thecla dumetorum Boisduval, 1852 , and Thecla affinis W. H. Edwards, 1862 .

Parent taxon. Genus Callophrys Billberg, 1820 .