Choranthus orientis

Cuban skipper
Choranthus orientis orientis in Cuba
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Choranthus
Species:	C. orientis
Binomial name
Choranthus orientis Skinner, 1920
Synonyms [1]
Pyrrhocalles antiqua(Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)

Choranthus orientis, the Cuban skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It can be found on the island of Cuba and The Bahamas. ^[2]

Taxonomy

Originally a subspecies of the now inactive taxon, Pyrrhocalles antiqua, C. orientis was revised in 2022 to become a species-level taxon. ^[3]

Two subspecies are recognized:

• Choranthus orientis orientis - Cuba
• Choranthus orientis eleutherae - Bahamas

References

1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi (921). ISSN   1942-1354. PMC   8975183 . PMID   35370352.
2. "Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
3. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi (921). ISSN   1942-1354. PMC   8975183 . PMID   35370352.