Additional Notes on the Himalayan Genus<i>Aulocera</i>Butler (Nymphalidae : Satyrinae)

Davidina, an enigmatic butterfly genus described from China in the 19th century, has for a long time been considered a member of the family Pieridae due to its pierid-like wing pattern. In the 20th century, it was transferred to Satyridae (now subfamily Satyrinae of Nymphalidae) based on analysis of the structure of genitalia and placed next to the species-rich genus Oeneis (subtribe Satyrina), being separated from the latter by supposed differences in wing venation. We have conducted a phylogenetic and taxonomic study of the subtribe Satyrina using analysis of molecular and morphological characters. We show that the genus Oeneis is not monophyletic, and consists of two genetically diverged and morphologically differentiated groups that are not sister-groups (Oeneis s.s. and Protoeneis). We also demonstrate that Davidina is closely related to Protoeneis, but not to Oeneis s.s. To resolve this newly discovered non-monophyly and morphological heterogeneity, several species should be removed from Oeneis and transferred to the genus Davidina. As a consequence, we synonymize the name ProtoeneisGorbunov, 2001 with DavidinaOberthür, 1879. We conclude that Davidina is not a monotypic Chinese endemic genus, as has been previously supposed, but is composed of nine species that have a broad distribution area across the Holarctic region, extending to Europe and America.

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“…-bilobate valve (character 5), found by us for Paroeneis and previously reported for Aulocera (de Lesse, 1951;Chou, 1998;Sharma & Rose, 2014);…”

Section: Phylogenetic Relationships Based On Nuclear Gene Ef1asupporting

confidence: 77%

“…Neominois, Paroeneis and Karanasa, we used our original data. For the genera Arethusana, Aulocera, Brintesia, Chazara, Hipparchia, Minois, Pseudochazara and Satyrus we used published data (Nekrutenko, 1985;Chou, 1998;Jakšić, 1998;Sharma & Rose, 2014).…”

Section: Phylogenetic Analysis Of the Morphological Charactersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement ofDavidina(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America

Lukhtanov

Дубатолов

2020

Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

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“…Twelve characters of the male genitalia were selected for the analysis (Table 1). This selection was based on comparative analysis of male genitalia in the genera and subgenera of the (Nekrutenko, 1985;Chou, 1998;Jakšić, 1998;Sharma & Rose, 2014).…”

Section: Phylogenetic Analysis Of the Morphological Charactersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement ofDavidina(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America

Lukhtanov

Дубатолов

2020

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Davidina, an enigmatic butterfly genus described from China in the 19th century, has been long time considered a member of the family Pieridae due to its pierid-like wing pattern. In the 20th century, it was transferred to the family Satyridae (now subfamily Satyrinae of Nymphalidae) based on analysis of genitalia structure and placed next to the species-rich genus Oeneis (subtribe Satyrina), being separated from the latter by supposed differences in wing venation. Here we conducted phylogenetic and taxonomic study of the subtribe Satyrina using analysis of molecular and morphological characters. We show that the genus Oeneis is not monophyletic, and consists of two non-sister, genetically diverged and morphologically differentiated groups (Oeneis s.s. and Protoeneis). We also demonstrate that Davidina is closely related to Protoeneis, not to Oeneis s.s. To avoid the discovered non-monophyly and morphological heterogeneity, several species should be extracted from Oeneis and transferred to the genus Davidina. As a consequence, we conclude that the name Protoeneis Gorbunov, 2001 is congeneric with Davidina Oberthür, 1879. We also conclude that Davidina is not a monotypic Chinese endemic genus as it has been previously supposed, but is composed of nine species and has a broad distribution area in the Holarctic region including Europe and America.

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Additional Notes on the Himalayan GenusAuloceraButler (Nymphalidae : Satyrinae)

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Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement ofDavidina(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America

Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement ofDavidina(Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America

Phylogenetic position and taxonomic rearrangement ofDavidina(Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), an enigmatic butterfly genus new for Europe and America

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