Epargyreus
Epargyreus | |
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Epargyreus clarus | |
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Family: | Hesperiidae
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Subfamily: | Pyrginae
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Tribe: | Eudamini
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Genus: | Epargyreus Hübner, [1819]
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Several, see text |
Epargyreus is the genus of flasher butterflies, which belong to the Eudaminae skipper subfamily. The members (species) occur in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
The genus name is derived from Greek argyros "silver", referring to the white spot on the ventral hindwing.[1]
The species in this genus are:
- (Hewitson, 1867) Jamaica
- Evans, 1952 Mexico, Colombia
- (Hewitson, 1874) Brazil
- Freeman, 1969 Mexico
- Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South America
- E. clarus clarus south Canada, U.S., Mexico
- E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 Mexico, Arizona
- E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 British Columbia to California, Mexico
- (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- E. clavicornis clavicornis Central America
- E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 Honduras
- E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 Mexico, Colombia
- Freeman, 1977 Mexico
- (Hewitson, 1867) Colombia, Brazil
- E. enispe enispe Brazil
- E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 Bolivia
- (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
- E. exadeus exadeus Surinam
- E. exadeus cruza Evans, 1952 Mexico
- Evans, 1952 Colombia
- (Hübner, [1825])
- Evans, 1952 Dominican Republic
- Evans, 1952
- Evans, 1952 Mexico
- Evans, 1952 Colombia
- (Burmeister, 1875) Argentina, Paraguay
- Freeman, 1969 Mexico
- Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper – Antilles, Florida
- E. zestos zestos Florida, Saint Thomas
- E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas[2]
References[]
- ^ Jon Shepard; Crispin Guppy (2011). Butterflies of British Columbia. UBC Press. p. 87. ISBN 9780774844376.
- ^ Funet
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Categories:
- Hesperiidae genera
- Hesperiidae of South America
- Taxa named by Jacob Hübner
- Eudaminae
- Hesperiidae stubs