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Issue: Vol. 5541 No. 3: 27 Nov. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5541.3.6
Page range: 357-366
Abstract views: 80
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Reexamination of the taxonomic status of Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, [1884]) from Hainan, China reveals a new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae)

The People’s Government of Dusong Township; Jinchuan County; Aba; Sichuan; P.R. China
Nanfanghangkongcheng; Sanya; Hainan; P.R. China
Wu Zhishan Division of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Bureau; Wuzhishan; Hainan; P.R. China
Lepidoptera Tagiadinae Tagiadini genitalia phylogeny new subspecies

Abstract

By reexamining the taxonomic status of Coladenia agni (de Nicéville, [1884]) from different localities, the insular population from Hainan Island is described as a new subspecies, i.e., C. a. huanghaoi Li & Liu ssp. nov., based on morphological and genetic distinctions. The habitus, distributional map, and molecular phylogeny of all subspecies of C. agni are provided with remarks on ssp. sundae de Jong & Treadaway, 1992. Furthermore, some less-discussed characteristics on the hind tibiae are also illustrated and discussed.

 

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