Agyllia

Agyllia
Agyllia asterodia, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Carcharodini
Subtribe:	Carcharodina
Genus:	Agyllia Grishin, 2020

Agyllia is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, erected in 2020. There are at least three described species in Agyllia, all found in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Agyllia:

• Agyllia agylla (Trimen, 1889)
• Agyllia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
• Agyllia kituina (Karsch, 1896)

References

1. Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): 182–194. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10 . PMC   8018707 . PMID   32230093.
2. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.

Further reading

• Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 9 (3). doi:10.5281/zenodo.5630311. ISSN   2643-4806. PMC   8794009 . PMID   35098146.