Astraptes

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Flasher butterflies
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Astraptes sp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Astraptes
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.

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Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Astraptes: [1]

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References

  1. ↑ 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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