
@article {137334,
	title = {On the identity of Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793 and its allied species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)},
	journal = {JOURNAL OF ASIA-PACIFIC ENTOMOLOGY },
	volume = {26},
	year = {2023},
	month = {12/2023},
	pages = {102165},
	abstract = {<p><span _ngcontent-kyq-c354="" class="cdx-grid-data">In light of new evidence from DNA and morphology of male genitalia, we review and clarify the status of nominal lycaenid taxa Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius 1793, Lycaena pandava Horsfield [1829], L. contracta Butler 1880 and Catochrysops ella Butler 1881. We designate a neotype for H. parrhasius and a lectotype for C. bengalia de Nice {\textquoteright} ville, 1885. The following new combinations, status and synonymies are established: Lachides galba (Lederer, 1855) = Lycaena phiala Grum-Grshimailo, 1890, syn. nov.; Lachides parrhasius contracta (Butler, 1880), stat. nov. = Catochrysops ella Butler 1881, syn. nov.; Lachides parrhasius nila (Evans, 1925), comb. nov.; Luthrodes pandava (Horsfiled, [1828]) = Cathochrysops bengalia de Nice {\textquoteright} ville, 1885, syn. nov. and Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, [1829]) = Lycaenesthes orissica Moore, 1884, syn. nov. A checklist with all taxonomic changes to the discussed taxa is provided.</span></p>
},
	doi = {10.1016/j.aspen.2023.102165},
	author = {Nazari, Vazrick and Kunte, Krushnamegh and Balint, Zsolt}
}
