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Hesperiidae 770199.00 – 3997   Cymaenes lumina (Herrich Schäffer, 1869)

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Distribution: Type locality (lumina): not specified, likely southern parts of SouthAmerica (Zhang et al. 2022). Type locality (trebius): Colombia: Bogota. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Cobalus lumina Herrich Schäffer, 1869 • Megistias corescene Schaus, 1902 • Hesperia edata of authors, not Plötz, 1883 • Carystus odilia Burmeister, 1878 • Pamphila trebius Mabille, 1891 Taxonomic Notes: Cymaenes lumina (Herrich Schäffer, 1869) includes as a synonym of [3997] Cymaenes trebius (Mabille, 1891) in Zhang et al. (2022).

References

Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.

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