Molecular data and morphological characters clarify the taxonomic status of Pintara heringi pieridoides (Liu & Gu, 1994) (Hesperiidae, Pyrginae) Author Li, Meng 0000-0002-2625-9024 College of Tobacco Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. Author Lu, Ke 0009-0009-2050-2685 College of Tobacco Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. Author Cui, Ying China Tobacco Hebei Industrial Co., Ltd., No. 1 Weiming South Avenue, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, 050051, P. R. China. Author Liu, Haiwei Diaoluoshan Division of Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park Administration, No. 1 Diaoluo Avenue, Lingshui, Hainan Province, 572433, P. R. China. Author Yang, Jinchu 0000-0003-3170-9269 Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., No. 8 Jingkai Third Street, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. Author Xue, Guoxi 0000-0002-7263-9271 College of Tobacco Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. Author Wang, Qiuling 0009-0003-0705-1505 Technology Center, China Tobacco Henan Industrial Co., Ltd., No. 8 Jingkai Third Street, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. & College of Tobacco Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, No. 136 Ke Xue Avenue, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, 450000, P. R. China. text Zootaxa 2024 2024-03-05 5419 1 145 150 http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.8 journal article 10.11646/zootaxa.5419.1.8 1175-5326 10782058 FFCD2788-9C61-4E23-B118-F30FCA55091A Pintara Evans, 1932 Pintara Evans, 1932: 305 , 338. Type species: Plesioneura pinwilli Butler, 1879 ; Evans 1949: 126 ; Devyatkin 1998: 295 ; Yuan et al . 2015: 236 ; Wu & Hsu 2017: 1329 . Albiphasma Huang, Chiba, Wang & Fan, 2016: 148 . Type species: Abraximorpha heringi Mell, 1922 ; Wu & Hsu 2017: 1329 ; Shen et al . 2022: 665 ; Zhang et al . 2022: 23 . syn. nov. The authors of the genus Albiphasma compared the venation of heringi with that of Abraximorpha dividii in order to prove the two taxa belong to different genera. However, they did not take any members of Pintara into the comparison of venation, although the close relationship of Albiphasma and Pintara had been indicated by both morphological similarities and molecular evidence ( Huang et al . 2016: 148 ). Actually, it can be observed from their paper that the venation of pinwilli ( Huang et al . 2016: 149 , fig. 12) is same as that of heringi ( Huang et al . 2016: 152 , fig. 32). Moreover, the hair tuft on the hind tibiae ( Huang et al . 2016: 149 , fig. 13, 15) and the male genitalia ( Huang et al . 2016: 148 ; 150, figs. 16–20; 151, figs. 27–31) of pinwilli and heringi resemble one another. Therefore, considering the results of molecular analysis and morphological comparison, we propose Albiphasma to be a synonym of Pintara .