Epargyreus

Epargyreus
	Epargyreus clarus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Eudamina
Genus:	Epargyreus; Hübner, [1819]
Species
	Several, see text
Synonyms
	Eridamus Burmeister, 1875;

Epargyreus is the genus of flasher butterflies, in the subfamily Eudaminae of skipper butterflies. The species are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Taxonomy

Etymology

The genus name is derived from Greek argyros "silver", referring to the white spot on the ventral hindwing.^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Epargyreus:^[2]

Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) - Jamaica
Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
- E. barisses barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Bolivia, Peru
- E. barisses argentina Mabille, 1903 - Argentina
Epargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South America
- E. clarus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) - southern Canada, U.S., Mexico
- E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 - Mexico, Arizona
- E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 - British Columbia to California, Mexico
- E. clarus profugus Austin, 1998
Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- E. clavicornis clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Central America
- E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 - Honduras
- E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 - Mexico, Colombia
Epargyreus cruza Evans, 1952 - Mexico
Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 - Mexico
Epargyreus dicta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia
Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) - Colombia, Brazil
- E. enispe enispe (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
- E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia
Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 - Colombia
Epargyreus orizaba Scudder, 1872 - Mexico, Guatemala
Epargyreus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 - Brazil (Minas Gerais)
Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])
- E. socus socus (Hübner, [1825])
- E. socus chota Evans, 1952 - Trinidad
- E. socus sinus Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 - Dominican Republic
Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952
- E. spina spina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
- E. spina verruga Evans, 1952 - Peru
Epargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 - Mexico
Epargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 - Colombia
Epargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) - Argentina, Paraguay
Epargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper – Antilles, Florida
- E. zestos zestos (Geyer, 1832) Florida, Saint Thomas
- E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas^[3]

References

^ Jon Shepard; Crispin Guppy (2011). Butterflies of British Columbia. UBC Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780774844376.
^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
^ Funet

External links

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[1] Jon Shepard; Crispin Guppy (2011). Butterflies of British Columbia. UBC Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780774844376.

[Li-2019-2] Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

[3] Funet

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