Autochton (butterfly)

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Autochton
Common banded skipper (Autochton neis) Antioquia.jpg
Common banded skipper
A. neis, Colombia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Autochton
Hübner, [1823]
Species

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Synonyms
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  • 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) [1]
  • CabaresGodman & 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.

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Species

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

References

  1. ↑ Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN   0-945417-28-4
  2. ↑ 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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