Ernsta

For the synonym of a genus of sea sponges, see Neoernsta.

Ernsta
Ernsta colotes, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Carcharodini
Subtribe:	Carcharodina
Genus:	Ernsta Grishin, 2020
Subgenera
Delaga Grishin, 2020 Ernsta Grishin, 2020

Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia. ^[1]

Species

These species belong to the genus Ernsta: ^[1]

• Ernsta bifida (Higgins, 1924)
• Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) - Bushveld Sandman
• Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924) - Confusing Sandman
• Ernsta delagoae (Trimen, 1898) - Delagoa Sandman
• Ernsta depauperata (Strand, 1911) - Wandering Sandman
• Ernsta dromus (Plötz, 1884) - Forest Sandman
• Ernsta mangana (Rebel, 1899) - Arabian Grizzled Skipper
• Ernsta nanus (Trimen, 1889) - Dwarf Sandman
• Ernsta paula (Higgins, 1924) - Mite Sandman
• Ernsta ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) - Forest Grizzled Skipper
• Ernsta sataspes (Trimen, 1864) - Boland Sandman
• Ernsta secessus (Trimen, 1891) - Wolkberg Sandman
• Ernsta wrefordi (Evans, 1951) - Wreford’s Grizzled Skipper
• Ernsta zebra (Butler, 1888) - Zebra Grizzled Skipper

References

1. Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): zootaxa.4748.1.10. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10 . PMC   8018707 . PMID   32230093.

Further reading

• Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.