Editing Telegonus fulgerator (section)

===Cryptic variation===
The exact number of taxa involved is disputed, most of the "species" detected by the [[DNA barcoding]] study seem to be nothing more than [[Morph (zoology)|morph]]s or incipient [[subspecies]], coupled with a serious underestimation of variation. Still, two lineages appear to be well distinct and separable at least as [[subspecies]]:<ref name = brower2006 /> "CELT" has larvae with bold orange bands in the last instar, which were recorded only on ''[[Celtis iguanaea]]'' ([[Ulmaceae]]); "TRIGO" last-instar larvae have bold yellow bands and were found on the [[Malpighiales]] ''[[Trigonia (plant)|Trigonia]]'' (''[[Trigonia arborea|T. arborea]]'', ''[[Trigonia laevis|T. laevis]]'' and ''[[Trigonia rugosa|T. rugosa]]'') and, apparently accidentally, on ''[[Licania arborea]]''.<ref name = hebertetal2004 />

Three more lineages are in need of further study. One, "NUMT", was initially dismissed as a [[numt]] [[pseudogene]] combined with sequencing error<ref name = hebertetal2004 /> but may represent a hitherto unrecognized taxon.<ref name = brower2006 /> Two other lineages, "LOHAM" and "LONCHO", were considered highly distinct in the barcoding study<ref name = hebertetal2004 /> but the reanalysis showed that this might be an error.<ref name = brower2006 /> The latter two are peculiar in some aspects, such as apparently never having bands or orange colors in the last instar stage and showing a preference for ''[[Lonchocarpus costaricensis]]'', ''[[Lonchocarpus oliganthus]]'', and ''[[Hampea appendiculata]]'' as larval food but are not [[phagy|monophagous]]. They appear to be an intermediate stage in [[lineage sorting]] and might be considered one or two subspecies if the two most distinct lineages are split off as species.<ref name = hebertetal2004 /><ref name = brower2006 />

The other lineages show a marked lack of agreement between morphological, ecological and genetical variation in the reanalysis of the supposed clusters. The entire range of caterpillar colors and patterns is found across one huge ill-structured cluster of genetic diversity. They are [[phagy|polyphagous]], feeding preferentially on ''[[Inga]]'' and ''[[Senna (plant)|Senna]]'' as well as a variety of other plants, but apparently not on those preferred by the more distinct lineages except ''[[Hampea appendiculata]]''.<ref name = brower2006 />

The proposed divergence times for the lineages are derived from a standard [[molecular clock]] model, which is today known to be incorrect.<ref name = brower2006 />