Isoteinon

Isoteinon
Isoteinon lamprospilus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Astictopterini
Genus:	Isoteinon C. & R. Felder, 1862

Isoteinon is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The type species is Isoteinon lamprospilus from eastern Asia. However, recent studies based largely on genomic data have supported inclusion of several African species. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Isoteinon: ^[1]

• Isoteinon abjecta (Snellen, 1872) – abject hopper – West and Central Africa
• Isoteinon anomoeus (Plötz, 1879) – yellow hopper – West Africa
• Isoteinon bruno Evans, 1937 – Democratic Republic of Congo (contra "Tanzania")
• Isoteinon inornatus (Trimen, 1864) – modest sylph – South Africa
• Isoteinon lamprospilus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862. – China, Japan, etc.
• Isoteinon punctulata (Butler, 1895) – West and Central Africa

References

1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi . 0731: 1–56.
2. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2023-10-02). "Butterfly Classification and Species Discovery Using Genomics". The Taxonomic Report. 11 (3): 1–94.

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• Tree of life

• Media related to Isoteinon at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Isoteinon at Wikispecies