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Hesperiidae 77a0080 – 3925   Nisoniades bromias (Godman & Salvin, 1894)

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Distribution: Stray in southern Texas.br>Type locality: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: bromias (Godman & Salvin, 1894) (Pellicia) STRAY   Type locality: Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama. rubescens of authors; (not Möschler, 1877) (Pellicia) misappl. Taxonomic Notes: Nisoniades bromias (Godman & Salvin, 1894), formerly treated as a subspecies of rubescens Möschler, 1877, is raised to full species status in Zhang et al. (2020). "True" rubescens is extralimital north of Mexico.

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced. Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2020. Genomic evidence suggests further changes of butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(7): 1-41.

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