Myscelus

For the ancient Greek founder of Croton, see Myscellus.

Myscelus
Myscelus depicted in Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the world
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Myscelus Hübner, 1819

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

Species

• Myscelus amystis (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil.
• Myscelus assaricus (Cramer, [1779]) Mexico, Panama, Bolivia, Suriname, Guyana, Guyane.
• Myscelus belti Godman & Salvin, 1879 Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.
• Myscelus draudti Riley, 1926 Bolivia.
• Myscelus epimachia Herrich-Schäffer, 1869 Bolivia, Paraguay, Ecuador, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil.
• Myscelus nobilis (Cramer, [1777]) Bolivia, Peru, Suriname.
• Myscelus pardalina (C. & R. Felder, [1867]) Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil.
• Myscelus pegasus Mabille, 1903 Ecuador, Venezuela, French Guiana.
• Myscelus perissodora Dyar, 1914 Mexico, Colombia.
• Myscelus phoronis (Hewitson, 1867) Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Peru.
• Myscelus santhilarius (Latreille, [1824]) Brazil, Suriname, Guyana, French Guiana.

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References

1. Funet

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Myscelus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life