1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

Unbekannt.

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Zhang et al. (2025a) beschrieben die Art zunächst auf Basis eines Falters. Zhang et al. (2025b) ergänzten dann aber: "Genomic sequencing of additional specimens of Telegonus Hübner, [1819] (type species Papilio talus Cramer, 1777) reveals that Telegonus (Rhabdoides) missionus Grishin, 2025 (type locality USA: Texas, Hidalgo Co., Mission, holotype sequenced as NVG-14111E04) is a species widely distributed in eastern Mexico, recorded from the states of Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, and Veracruz (Fig. 5 red), thus confirming it as a species-level taxon, and not an unusual single specimen. This recently described species (Zhang et al. 2025a) is sympatric with Telegonus (Rhabdoides) gilberti H. Freeman, 1969 (type locality in Mexico, San Luis Potosí, holotype sequenced as NVG-15104B08) over its range, with sequenced specimens of the latter species from the same three Mexican states shown in the trees (Fig. 5 blue). Both species (T. missionus and T. gilberti) have been recorded from Hidalgo County in Texas, USA (Fig. 5 highlighted yellow). In the nuclear genome trees, T. missionus is sister to Telegonus (Rhabdoides) hopfferi (Plötz, 1881) (type locality in Mexico, probably Oaxaca), a southern Mexico species, and specimens of both species were sequenced from Veracruz".

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & N. V. Grishin (2025a): Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis. — The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (5): 1-200. [PDF digitalcommons.unl.edu]
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J., Song, L. & N. V. Grishin (2025b): Update to: Advancing butterfly systematics through genomic analysis. — The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 12 (6): 1-36. [zum PDF auf ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] bzw. [zum open-access-Artikel mit PDF-Download auf zenodo.org]