Vacerra cecropterus (Draudt, 1923)

Zhang, Jing, Cong, Qian, Shen, Jinhui, Song, Leina & Grishin, Nick V., 2025, Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis, The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (5), pp. 1-201 : 171

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16642576

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16645394

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4D7E87DA-4BD4-72A4-FE19-F96EAA23FF36

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Vacerra cecropterus (Draudt, 1923)
status

 

Vacerra cecropterus (Draudt, 1923) View in CoL is a species distinct from Vacerra hermesia (Hewitson, 1870)

Genomic analysis of the lectotype of Xeniades cecropterus Draudt, 1923 (type locality in Bolivia: Rio Zongo, sequenced as NVG-18093D10) that is currently treated as a subspecies of Vacerra hermesia (Hewitson, 1870) (type locality in Ecuador) is genetically differentiated from it at the species level (Fig. 134); e.g., their COI barcodes differ by 2.6% (17 bp). The two taxa also differ phenotypically as detailed by Evans (1955). Therefore, we propose that Vacerra cecropterus (Draudt, 1923) , stat. rest. is a species distinct from Vacerra hermesia (Hewitson, 1870) .

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Hesperiidae

SubFamily

Hesperiinae

Tribe

Hesperiini

Genus

Vacerra

SubGenus

Ochluma

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