Porphyrogenes

Porphyrogenes
Porphyrogenes spp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Phocidini
Genus:	Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893
Synonyms
CaecinaHewitson, 1868 PhysaleaMabille, 1903 OcybaLindsey, 1925

Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, ^[1] in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini. ^[2]

Species

• Porphyrogenes boliva Evans, 1952 - Venezuela
• Porphyrogenes calathana (Hewitson, 1868)
  • P. calathana calanus(Godman & Salvin, 1894)
  • P. calathana calathana(Hewitson, 1868)
  • P. calathana compusa(Hewitson, 1868)
• Porphyrogenes convexus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes despecta (Butler, 1870)
  • P. despecta despecta(Butler, 1870) - Brazil (Pará, Bahia)
  • P. despecta cervinus(Plötz, 1883) - Brazil
• Porphyrogenes eudemus (Mabille, 1888)
• Porphyrogenes ferruginea (Plötz, 1883)
• Porphyrogenes glavia Evans, 1952 - Panama
• Porphyrogenes passalus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Amazonas) to Bolivia, Venezuela
• Porphyrogenes omphale (Butler, 1871) - Venezuela
• Porphyrogenes pausias (Hewitson, 1867) - Brazil (Amazonas)
• Porphyrogenes peterwegei Burns, 2010
• Porphyrogenes probus (Möschler, 1877) - Suriname, Colombia, Peru
• Porphyrogenes simulator Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes sororcula (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) - French Guiana
• Porphyrogenes sparus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes spanda Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
• Porphyrogenes sparta Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
• Porphyrogenes speciosus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes specularis Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes spina Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes splendidus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes spoda Evans, 1952 - Panama
• Porphyrogenes sporta Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
• Porphyrogenes stresa Evans, 1952 - Peru
• Porphyrogenes stupa Evans, 1952 - type locality unknown
• Porphyrogenes sula (R. Williams & E. Bell, 1940)
• Porphyrogenes virgatus (Mabille, 1888)
• Porphyrogenes vulpecula (Plötz, 1882)
  • P. vulpecula vulpecula(Plötz, 1882) - Brazil, Panama
  • P. vulpecula immaculata(Skinner, 1920) - Peru
• Porphyrogenes zohra (Möschler, 1879) - Venezuela, Peru, Honduras

References

1. Funet
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.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Porphyrogenes at Consortium for the Barcode of Life