Revision of the taxonomic status of Amathuxidia morishitai from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)

Pages	9-16
DOI	10.37520/aemnp.2024.002
Keywords	Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Amathusiini, endemic, genitalia, molecular phylogeny, sex brands, China
Type of Article	Peer-reviewed
Citation	LI, Hua-Zhao, LIU, Zhe, HOU, Yong-Xiang, LI, Jia-Ling a HUANG, Bo-Tao. Revision of the taxonomic status of Amathuxidia morishitai from Hainan, China (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae. Prague: National Museum, 2024, 64(1), 9-16. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37520/aemnp.2024.002. ISSN 0374-1036 (print) 1804-6487 (online). Also available from: https://publikace.nm.cz/en/periodicals/acta-entomologica-musei-nationalis-pragae/64-1/revision-of-the-taxonomic-status-of-amathuxidia-morishitai-from-hainan-china-lepidoptera-nymphalidae

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Based on the external characters, genital structures, distribution, and intermediate individuals from contact zones, the endemic species Amathuxidia morishitai Chou & Gu, 1994 from Hainan, China is treated as conspecific with A. amythaon (Doubleday, 1847) and is downranked to a subspecies of the latter, i.e., Amathuxidia amythaon morishitai stat. nov. Meanwhile, two subspecies groups of A. amythaon are recognized by morphological and genetic evidence, termed amythaon-group (A. a. amythaon + A. a. dilucida (Honrath, 1884)) and annamensis-group (A. a. morishitai + A. a. annamensis Talbot, 1932) with the latter group showing a deeper divergence than normal on a subspecific level genetically.

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