Epargyreus

Epargyreus
Epargyreus clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Eudamini
Genus:	Epargyreus Hübner, [1819]
Species
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 ecozones.

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

The species in this genus are:

• Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) Jamaica
• Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 Mexico, Colombia
• Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) Brazil
  • E. barisses barisses 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 south Canada, U.S., Mexico
  • E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 Mexico, Arizona
  • E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 British Columbia to California, Mexico
• Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • E. clavicornis clavicornis Central America
  • E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 Honduras
  • E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 Mexico, Colombia
• Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 Mexico
• Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) Colombia, Brazil
  • E. enispe enispe Brazil
  • E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 Bolivia
• Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
  • E. exadeus exadeus Surinam
  • E. exadeus cruza Evans, 1952 Mexico
• Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 Colombia
• Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])
  • E. socus socus
  • E. socus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 Brazil (Minas Gerais)
  • E. socus orizaba Scudder, 1872 Mexico, Guatemala
  • E. socus chota Evans, 1952 Trinidad
  • E. socus dicta Evans, 1952 Bolivia
  • E. socus sinus Evans, 1952 Brazil (Pará)
• Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 Dominican Republic
• Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952
  • E. spina spina 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 Florida, Saint Thomas
  • E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas

External links

• images representing Epargyreus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life