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Nymphalidae 77a0717 – 4413   Dione incarnata (Riley, 1926)

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Distribution: Type locality (incarnata): “near Durango City, Mexico” [Durango]. Type locality (nigrior): “Upper Matecumbe Key, Florida” [Monroe County]. Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: • Dione incarnata Riley, 1926 • Agraulis nigrior Michener, 1942 Taxonomic Notes: Dione incarnata (Riley, 1926), n. status, previously treated as a synonym of [4413] Agraulis vanillae (Linnaeus, 1758), is raised to full species status with nigrior Michener as a subspecies in Zhang et al. (2020). "True" vanillae is now treated as extralimital north of Mexico. The name Agraulis is treated as a subgenus of Dione in Zhang et al. (2019). However, Núñez, et al. (2022) treats Agraulis as a full genus.

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. Núñez, R., K.R. Willmott, Y. Álvarez, J.A. Genaro, A.R. Pérez-Asso, M. Quejereta, T. Turner, J.Y. Miller, C. Brévignon, G. Lamas, A. Hausmann, 2022. Integrative taxonomy clarifies species limits in the hitherto monotypic passion-vine butterfly genera Agraulis and Dryas (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Heliconiinae). Systematic Entomology, 47(1): 152-178. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at the Butterflies of America Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, P. Opler & N.V. Grishin, 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 8(2): 1-12. 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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