Epargyreus

Epargyreus
Epargyreus clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Eudamina
Genus:	Epargyreus Hübner, [1819]
Species
Several, see text
Synonyms
EridamusBurmeister, 1875

Epargyreus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. Several species in this genus are known as silverdrops. The species are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.

Taxonomy

Etymology

The genus name is derived from Greek argyros "silver", referring to the white spot on the ventral hindwing. ^[1]

Species

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

• Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) - Jamaica
• Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
• Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
  • E. barisses barisses(Hewitson, 1874) - Bolivia, Peru
  • E. barisses argentinaMabille, 1903 - Argentina
• Epargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
• Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South America
  • E. clarus clarus(Cramer, [1775]) - southern Canada, U.S., Mexico
  • E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 - Mexico, Arizona
  • E. clarus californicusMacNeill, 1975 - British Columbia to California, Mexico
  • E. clarus profugusAustin, 1998
• Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • E. clavicornis clavicornis(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Central America
  • E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 - Honduras
  • E. clavicornis tendaEvans, 1955 - Mexico, Colombia
• Epargyreus cruza Evans, 1952 - Mexico
• Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 - Mexico
• Epargyreus dicta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia
• Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) - Colombia, Brazil
  • E. enispe enispe(Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
  • E. enispe eltaEvans, 1952 - Bolivia
• Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
• Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 - Colombia
• Epargyreus orizaba Scudder, 1872 - Mexico, Guatemala
• Epargyreus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 - Brazil (Minas Gerais)
• Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])
  • E. socus socus(Hübner, [1825])
  • E. socus chota Evans, 1952 - Trinidad
  • E. socus sinusEvans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
• Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 - Dominican Republic
• Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952
  • E. spina spinaEvans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
  • E. spina verrugaEvans, 1952 - Peru
• Epargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 - Mexico
• Epargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 - Colombia
• Epargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) - Argentina, Paraguay
• Epargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
• Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper – Antilles, Florida
  • E. zestos zestos(Geyer, 1832) Florida, Saint Thomas
  • E. zestos inaguarumClench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas ^[3]

References

1. Jon Shepard; Crispin Guppy (2011). Butterflies of British Columbia. UBC Press. p. 87. ISBN   9780774844376.
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.
3. Funet

External links

• images representing Epargyreus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life