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Issue: Vol. 4695 No. 4: 11 Nov. 2019
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2019-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4695.4.7
Page range: 391–393
Abstract views: 94
PDF downloaded: 3

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

School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China
3-5-8, Midori, Utsunomiya-shi, Tochigi-ken, 321-0165, Japan
Sritana Condominium 2, 96/173, Huay Kaew Rd., T. Suthep, A. Muang, Chiang Mai, 50200, Thailand
School of Food and Bioengineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 5 Dongfeng Road, Zhengzhou, Henan, 450002, P. R. China
Lepidoptera Hesperiidae Coeliadinae

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.

 

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