Nascus | |
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Nascus phocus and related species in Biologia Centrali-Americana | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Tribe: | Phocidini |
Genus: | Nascus Watson, 1893 |
Nascus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, [1] in which it is placed to tribe Phocidini. [2]
Pyrgus is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera Burnsius and Carterocephalus. They occur in the Holarctic with an additional group of species extending to the Neotropic.
Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
The butterfly subtribe Euptychiina is a diverse group within the tribe Satyrini, occurring throughout Central and South America, in addition to a few species known from North America. Euptychiina is a predominantly lowland group, with the exception of one Asian taxon Palaeonympha opalinaButler, 1871 and the Andean genus ForsterinariaGray, 1973. The taxon was erected by Lee Denmar Miller.
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies. Their original type genus Eudamus is today a junior synonym of Urbanus. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North America, and one genus, Lobocla, endemic to East Asia.
Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.
Augiades is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Cogia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Drephalys is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Favria is a monotypic genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. This genus was formerly a synonym of Muschampia, and its only species, Favria cribrellum, was formerly a member of Muschampia. The species is commonly known as the spinose skipper.
Hyalothyrus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini.
Nerula is a genus of dicot skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Oechydrus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Racta is a genus of grass skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.
Typhedanus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Udranomia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in tribe Entheini. It was established in 1870 by Arthur Gardiner Butler.
Burnsius oileus, the tropical checkered skipper, is a species of skipper. It is found in the United States, south through the West Indies, Mexico and Central America to Costa Rica. It was transferred to genus Burnsius in 2019, and was previously known as Pyrgus oileus.
Chirgus barrosi is a species of butterfly of the family of Hesperiidae, first described in 1956 by Emilio Ureta. It is known from Chile, where it is found at high altitudes in sandy locations with leguminous plants.
Nascus paulliniae is a species of butterfly belonging to the family of skippers.
Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.