Taxonomic Swap 130086 (Committed on 2023-09-05)

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Added by sjl197 on September 5, 2023 01:27 PM | Committed by sjl197 on September 5, 2023
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Why was this swap done? It is in disagreement with BOA, the agreed source for neotropical butterflies.

Posted by belgianbirding about 1 year ago

@belgianbirding
It's as Cithaerias bandusia Staudinger STAT. REV., in Penz 2021, "Revised species definitions and nomenclature of the blue and purple/rose Cithaerias butterflies " Zootaxa. So there, it is treated as (i.e. restored as) a valid species. That study is a detailed taxonomic study on that subgroup of the genus. I know it disagrees with BoA, which indeed i've looked at before making this and other actions - but for every taxon with an "agreed source" there are always some deviations. I do not see it as essential (nor desirable) to follow explicitly. Plus here, i considered it's a taxon with only a tiny handful of observations so whether was a species or a subspecies is not of great consequence for system or users.

Posted by sjl197 about 1 year ago

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