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Issue: Vol. 5410 No. 3: 14 Feb. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-02-14
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5410.3.5
Page range: 384-391
Abstract views: 10
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Some taxonomic notes on Capila translucida (Leech, 1894) and C. hainana Crowley, 1900 (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae)

College of Tobacco Science and Engineering; Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
Sritana Condominium 2; 96/173; Huay Kaew Rd.; T. Suthep; A. Muang; Chiang Mai; 50200; Thailand
College of Tobacco Science and Engineering; Zhengzhou University of Light Industry; No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue; Zhengzhou; Henan Province; 450000; P. R. China
Technology Center; China Tobacco Jiangxi Industrial Co.; Ltd.; No. 201 Jingdong Avenue; Nanchang; Jiangxi Province; 330096; P. R. China
Lepidoptera skipper intraspecific variation genetic distance synonym COI sexual dimorphism

Abstract

Based on a comparison of the 658 bp COI gene sequence and adult morphology, the intraspecific variability of Capila translucida (Leech, 1894) is clarified, and both C. hainana hainana Crowley, 1900 syn. n. and C. hainana sinorientalis Huang & Ding, 1994 syn. n., of which the males are still unknown so far, are considered as junior subjective synonyms of C. translucida. The taxonomic history of the involved taxa is reviewed. Adults and genitalia of both sexes of C. translucida are illustrated.

 

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