Decinea

Decinea
Double-dotted skipper ( D. percosius )
Lucifer skipper (D. lucifer) female
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Decinea Evans, 1955 [1]

Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Decinea include: ^[2]

• Decinea antus (Mabille, 1895) ^[2]
• Decinea colombiana Grishin, 2022) ^[2]
• Decinea dama (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Decinea decinea (Hewitson, 1876)
• Decinea denta Evans, 1955 ^[2]
• Decinea formosus (Hayward, 1940)
• Decinea huasteca (Freeman, 1969) ^[2]
• Decinea lydora (Plötz, 1882)
• Decinea milesi (Weeks, 1901)
• Decinea notata Grishin, 2023
• Decinea onasima (Hewitson, 1877)
• Decinea zapota Evans, 1955

Since transferred

• Decinea neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) => Lindra neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Decinea lucifer (Hübner, [1831]) => Oligoria lucifer (Hübner, [1831])
• Decinea mammaea (Hewitson, 1876) => Testia mammaea (Hewitson, 1876)
• Decinea mustea Freeman, 1979 => Oligoria mustea (Freeman, 1979)
• Decinea percosius (Godman, 1900) => Oligoria percosius (Godman, 1900)
• Decinea rindgei Freeman, 1969 => Oligoria rindgei (Freeman, 1969)

References

1. Evans, 1955 A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88
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. Archived from the original on 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2023-01-13.

External links

• Media related to Decinea at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Decinea at Wikispecies
• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Decinea at funet