Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908

Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908 View in CoL is a junior subjective synonym of Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908

Genomic trees reveal that Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908 ( type species Upolampes striata Bethune-Baker, 1908 , which is a junior subjective synonym of Lycaena evena Hewitson, 1876 ) ( Fig. 24b, Fig. 23 1908) ( Fig. 24a, Fig. 23 green) are closely related to each other despite the remarkable difference in their wing patterns ( Fig. 24): e.g., their COI barcode differ by 6.5% (43 bp) and therefore should be synonymous. The two names, Upolampes and Thaumaina , were published in the same work issued on the same date ( Bethune-Baker 1908). As the first revisers, we give precedence to Thaumaina (two valid species, fewer name changes) over Upolampes (one valid species) and propose that Upolampes Bethune-Baker, 1908 , syn. nov. is a junior subjective synonym of Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908 .