Ancyloxypha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Apaustina
Genus: Ancyloxypha
Species: A. arene – A. aurea – A. dryas – A. melanoneura – A. nitedula – A. numitor – A. ramba

Name

Ancyloxypha C. Felder, 1862.

Type species: Hesperia numitor Fabricius, 1793ː 324.

Synonymy

♦ Ancyloxypha Felder, 1862ː 477; Draudt, [1924]ː 927; Evans, [1955]ː 304; Hemming, 1967ː 43; Bridges, 1994ː IV.2; Lamas, 2004ː 61.

Mis-spellings (per Lamas, 2004ː 61)ː Ancyloxipha Hewitson, 1868; Ancyloxyphia Maynard, 1891; Ancyloxpha Skinner, 1898; Anchyloxypha Woodworth, 1912; Ancilovipha Giacomelli, 1923; Anoylexypha Moore, 1937; Ancyloxypa Mielke, 1980.

References

• Bridges, C.A. (1994). Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois: Bridges. BHL Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1871. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3(3/4): 205-216. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Felder, C. 1862. Verzeichniss der von den Naturforschern der kk Fregatte Novara gesammelten Macrolepidopteren. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 12(1): 473–496. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

Links

Lepindex; Butterflies of America

Vernacular names

• English: Least Skippers