Codatractus

Codatractus
Codatractus alcaeus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Codatractus Lindsey, 1921

Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). ^[1]

Species

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

• Codatractus cyledis (Dyar, 1912) - Mexico
• Codatractus bryaxis (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico to Guatemala
• Codatractus imalena (Butler, 1872) – Costa Rica to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas).
• Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905) – Arizona skipper – southeast Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Mexico
• Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995 – Mexico
• Codatractus melon (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) – Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua
• Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952
• Codatractus rowena Evans, 1952
• Codatractus alcaeus (Hewitson, 1867) – white-crescent longtail
• Codatractus apulia Evans, 1952
• Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977 – Mexico
• Codatractus aminias (Hewitson, 1867) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

1. Funet
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.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Codatractus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life