Hasora mavis Evans, 1934 syn. n. is confirmed to be the female of H. leucospila leucospila (Mabille, 1891) (Hesperiidae, Coeliadinae) by DNA barcoding

Guoxi Xue; Etsuo Ikari; Yutaka Inayoshi; Meng Li

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4695.4.7

Hasora mavis Evans, 1934 syn. n. is confirmed to be the female of H. leucospila leucospila (Mabille, 1891) (Hesperiidae, Coeliadinae) by DNA barcoding

Zootaxa. 2019 Nov 11;4695(4):zootaxa.4695.4.7. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.4.7.

Authors

Guoxi Xue¹, Etsuo Ikari, Yutaka Inayoshi, Meng Li

Affiliation

¹ School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China. xueguoxi95227@163.com.

PMID: 31719345
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.4.7

Abstract

Based upon the comparison of the 649 bp COI gene sequences, Hasora mavis Evans, 1934 is proved to be the female of a sexually dimorphic species, H. leucospila leucospila (Mabille, 1891), and thus treated as a junior subjective synonym of the latter.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Coeliadinae.

MeSH terms

Animals
Butterflies* / genetics
DNA Barcoding, Taxonomic*
Female