Autochton (butterfly)

Autochton
	Common banded skipper; A. neis, Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Autochton; Hübner, [1823]
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	List Cecropterus (Hübner, 1818); Autochthon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869); Ccropterus (W. F. Kirby, 1871); Rhabdoides (Scudder, 1889); Antochton (W. F. Kirby, 1912); Oecropterus (Spitz, 1932); Acropterus (Kaye, 1940); Rhaboides (Hayward, 1947); Authochton (Ramos, 1977); Cabares Godman & Salvin, 1894;

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

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

Autochton sulfureolus (Mabille, 1883)
Autochton reflexus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)
Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832)
Autochton integrifascia (Mabille, 1891)
Autochton itylus Hübner, [1823]
Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper
Autochton potrillo (Lucas, 1857)
Autochton oryx (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)

^ Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
^ 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.

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