Biology:Astraptes

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Flasher butterflies
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Astraptes sp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Astraptes
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

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.

Species

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

  • Astraptes erycina (Plötz, 1881) Brazil
  • Astraptes mabillei Steinhauser, 1989 Bolivia
  • Astraptes halesius (Hewitson, 1877) French Guiana, Peru
  • Astraptes aulus (Plötz, 1881) Panama to Brazil
  • Astraptes enotrus (Stoll, [1781]) Guiana, Guyane, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad
  • Astraptes janeira (Schaus, 1902) Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Paraguay

References

  1. 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode2019PNAS..116.6232L. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1359761 entry