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Issue: Vol. 5759 No. 2: 16 Feb. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-02-16
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5759.2.7
Page range: 193-200
Abstract views: 54
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DNA barcoding solves a taxonomic puzzle in Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Eudaminae, Phocidini): association of the male and female of Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & O. Mielke, 2008

Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Laboratório de Estudos de Lepidoptera Neotropical; Departamento de Zoologia; Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR); P.O.Box 19.020; 81531-980 Curitiba; Paraná; Brazil;
Lepidoptera Distribution Molecular Sexual dimorphism Systematics Taxonomy

Abstract

One striking feature of Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893 species (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Eudaminae, Phocidini) is the pronounced sexual dimorphism which challenges taxonomists in associating males and females. In this paper, using DNA barcoding, one female collected in Maranhão (Brazil) is associated with a previously described species only known from Rondônia (Brazil), Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & Mielke, 2008. The phenotype of the female collected in Maranhão matches one of the unassociated females described previously.

 

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How to Cite

Suênia-Bastos, A., Medeiros, A.D.D., Cajé, S., Gualberto, E.P., Mielke, O.H.H. & Casagrande, M.M. (2026) DNA barcoding solves a taxonomic puzzle in Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893 (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae, Eudaminae, Phocidini): association of the male and female of Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & O. Mielke, 2008. Zootaxa, 5759 (2), 193–200. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5759.2.7