Cecropterus

Cecropterus
Cecropterus lyciades
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Cecropterus Herrich-Schäffer, 1869

Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. ^[1] It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria. ^[1]

Species

As of 2019, the genus holds the following species: ^[1]

Subgenus Cecropterus:

• Cecropterus acanthopoda (O. Mielke, 1977)
• Cecropterus rinta (Evans, 1952)
• Cecropterus zarex (Hübner, 1818)
• Cecropterus longipennis Plötz, 1882
• Cecropterus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855)

Subgenus Thorybes:

• Cecropterus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)
• Cecropterus casica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cecropterus tehuacana (Draudt, 1922)
• Cecropterus confusis (E. Bell, 1923)
• Cecropterus bathyllus (J. E. Smith, 1797)
• Cecropterus mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cecropterus mexicana aemilea(Skinner, 1893)
  • Cecropterus mexicana blanca(Scott, 1981)
  • Cecropterus mexicana nevada(Scudder, 1872)
  • Cecropterus mexicana dobra(Evans, 1952)
  • Cecropterus mexicana mexicana(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cecropterus mexicana ducia(Evans, 1952)
• Cecropterus diversus (E. Bell, 1927)
• Cecropterus pylades (Scudder, 1870)
  • Cecropterus pylades indistinctus(Austin & J. Emmel, 1998)
  • Cecropterus pylades albosuffusa(H. Freeman, 1943)
  • Cecropterus pylades pylades(Scudder, 1870)
• Cecropterus drusius (W. H. Edwards, [1884])
• Cecropterus cincta Plötz, 1882
• Cecropterus vectilucis (A. Butler, 1872)
• Cecropterus pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clemence, [1910])
• Cecropterus palliolum (H. Druce, 1908)
• Cecropterus egregius (A. Butler, 1870)
  • Cecropterus egregius egregius(A. Butler, 1870)
  • Cecropterus egregius coxeyi(R. Williams, 1931)
• Cecropterus virescens (Mabille, 1877)
• Cecropterus dorantes (Stoll, 1790)
  • Cecropterus dorantes calafia(R. Williams, 1926)
  • Cecropterus dorantes dorantes(Stoll, 1790)
  • Cecropterus dorantes cramptoni(W. Comstock, 1944)
  • Cecropterus dorantes santiago(Lucas, 1857)
  • Cecropterus dorantes galapagensis(F. Williams, 1911)
• Cecropterus obscurus (Hewitson, 1867)

Subgenus Murgaria:

• Cecropterus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)
  • Cecropterus albociliatus albociliatus(Mabille, 1877)
  • Cecropterus albociliatus leucophrys(Mabille, 1898)
  • Cecropterus albociliatus nocera(Plötz, 1882)
• Cecropterus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)
• Cecropterus jalapus (Plötz, 1881)
• Cecropterus athesis (Hewitson, 1867)
• Cecropterus phalaecus (Godman & Salvin, 1893)
• Cecropterus reductus (N. Riley, 1919)
• Cecropterus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)
  • Cecropterus doryssus chales(Godman & Salvin, 1893)
  • Cecropterus doryssus doryssus(Swainson, 1831)
  • Cecropterus doryssus albicuspis(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cecropterus albimargo (Mabille, 1875)
• Cecropterus takuta (Evans, 1952)
• Cecropterus rica (Evans, 1952)
• Cecropterus trebia (Möschler, 1879)
• Cecropterus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Cecropterus barra (Evans, 1952)

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.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database