Autochton (butterfly)
Autochton | |
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Two-spotted banded-skipper A. bipunctatus | |
Central American banded-skipper A. vectilucis | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Eudaminae |
Genus: | Autochton Hübner, [1823] |
Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.
Species[]
Listed alphabetically.[1][2][3]
- Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper[4]
- Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – golden banded-skipper
- Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882) – Chisos banded-skipper
- (Mabille, 1891)
- Hübner, [1823]
- (Plötz, 1882) – narrow banded-skipper
- (Geyer, 1832) – spiky banded-skipper
- (Coolidge & Clémence, [1910]) – Sonoran banded-skipper
- (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)
- Burns, 1984 – Sierra Madre banded-skipper
- (Mabille, 1883)
- (Butler, 1872) – Central American banded-skipper
- (Hübner, 1818) – sharp banded-skipper
References[]
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Wikispecies has information related to Autochton. |
- ^ Jump up to: a b Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
- ^ Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.167.
- ^ Autochton, funet.fi
- ^ Twin-spot Banded Skipper, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
External links[]
Categories:
- Autochton (butterfly)
- Eudaminae
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Hesperiidae genera
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Hesperiidae stubs