Carystus (skipper)

For other uses, see Carystus (disambiguation).

Carystus
Carystus phorcus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Carystina
Genus:	Carystus Hübner, 1819

Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The genus Carystus consists of the following species: ^[1]

• Carystus cynaxa Hewitson, 1867 ^[2]
• Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus elana (Plötz, 1882) ^[2]
• Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus hocus Evans, 1955
• Carystus hylaspes (Stoll, [1781]) ^[2]
• Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
• Carystus junior Evans, 1955
• Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877 ^[2]
• Carystus metella (Plötz, 1882) ^[2]
• Carystus moeros (Möschler, 1877) ^[2]
• Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891 ^[2]
• Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777)
• Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002
• Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891

Former species

• Carystus argusMöschler, 1879 - synonymized with Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877
• Carystus dyscritusMabille, 1891 - synonymized with Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Carystus epidiusMabille, 1891 - transferred to Pheraeus epidius (Mabille, 1891)
• Carystus gemmatusButler, 1872 - transferred to Dion gemmatus (Butler, 1872)
• Carystus jeconiaButler, 1870 - transferred to Falga jeconia (Butler, 1870)
• Carystus klugiBell, 1941 - transferred to Mielkeus klugi (Bell, 1941)
• Carystus luciaCapronnier, 1874 - transferred to Lucida lucia (Capronnier, 1874)
• Carystus odiliaBurmeister, 1878 - synonymized with Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Carystus salenusMabille, 1883 - transferred to Synapte salenus (Mabille, 1883)
• Carystus simulius Druce, 1876 - transferred to Lindra simulius (Druce, 1876)
• Carystus tetragraphusMabille, 1891 - synonymized with Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)

References

1. "Carystus". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
2. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC   8975183 . PMID   35370352.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database