Ephyriades
Appearance
Ephyriades | |
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Ephyriades arcas | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Erynnini |
Genus: | Ephyriades Hübner, 1829 |
Synonyms | |
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Ephyriades is a genus in the skippers (Hesperiidae) butterfly family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.
Species
Recognised species in the genus Ephyriades include:[1]
- Ephyriades arcas (Drury, 1773) - Caribbean duskywing
- Ephyriades brunnea (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) - Florida duskywing
- Ephyriades dominicensis Bell & Comstock, 1948
- Ephyriades eugramma (Mabille, 1888) - Chiriqui skipper
- Ephyriades jamaicensis (Möschler, 1879)
- Ephyriades zephodes (Hübner, 1825) - zephodes duskywing
References and external links
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.
- Ephyriades from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.