Dyscophellus

Dyscophellus
Dyscophellus porcius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Phocidini
Genus:	Dyscophellus Godman & Salvin, [1893] [1]
Synonyms
DyscophusBurmeister, 1878

Dyscophellus is a genus of largely Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus has been the subject of recent revisions based on genome analysis. It is currently placed in tribe Phocidini within the subfamily Eudaminae. ^[2]

Species

• Dyscophellus australis Grishin, 2022 ^[3]
• Dyscophellus basialbus Grishin, 2022 ^[3]
• Dyscophellus damias (Plötz, 1882) ^{[3] [2]}
• Dyscophellus diaphorus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) ^{[3] [2]}
• Dyscophellus doriscus (Hewitson, 1867) ^[3]
• Dyscophellus mielkei Austin, 2008 ^{[4] [3]}
• Dyscophellus porcius (C. & R. Felder, 1862) ^{[3] [2]}
• Dyscophellus porsena (E. Bell, 1934) ^{[4] [3]}
• Dyscophellus ramon Evans, 1952 ^{[4] [3]}
• Dyscophellus ramusis (Stoll, [1781]) ^{[4] [3]}
• Dyscophellus sebaldus (Stoll, [1781]) ^{[3] [2]}

Former species

• Dyscophellus erythras(Mabille, 1888), synon. to D. damias. ^[3]
• Dyscophellus euribates(Stoll, [1782]), now Euriphellus euribates . ^[4]
• Dyscophellus marianEvans, 1952, now Euriphellus marian . ^[2]
• Dyscophellus nicephorus(Hewitson, 1876), now Nicephellus nicephorus . ^[4]
• Dyscophellus phraxanor(Hewitson, 1876), now Euriphellus phraxanor . ^[3]

References

1. Savela, Markku. "Dyscophellus". Lepidoptera and some other lifeforms. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
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 p.15. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.
3. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (14 March 2022). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0921: 2, 14–18, 106–111, 120. ISSN   1942-1354 . Retrieved 3 September 2022.
4. Austin, George T. (3 March 2008). "Hesperiidae of Rondonia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on "night" skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae)". Insecta Mundi. 0029. Retrieved 3 September 2022.

External links

• Images representing Dyscophellus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life