Astraptes

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Eudamina
Genus: Astraptes
Species (6): A. aulus –A. enotrus –A. erycina –A. halesius –A. janeira –A. mabillei

Name

Astraptes Hübner, [1819].

Type species: Papilio aulestes Cramer, [1780] (invalid, synonym of Telegonus janeira Schaus, 1902: 427), by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1875: 122.

Synonymy

♦ Astraptes Hübner, [1819]: 103; Scudder, 1875: 122; Hemming, 1967: 63.

References

Primary references

• Hemming, A. F., 1934. The Generic Names of the Holarctic Butterflies, Vol. 1, p. viii + 3–184. London: British Museum. 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. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1875. Historical sketch of the generic names proposed for butterflies. Proc. Amer. Soc. Arts Sci. Boston 10: 91–293.Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bell, E.L., 1956. Descriptions of some new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum novitates 1778: 1–13. PDF.Reference page. 
• Brower, A.V.Z. 2006. Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation: ‘ten species’ of Astraptes fulgerator reassessed (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Systematics and biodiversity, 4(2): 127–132. web Reference page. 
• Brower, A.V.Z. 2010. Alleviating the taxonomic impediment of DNA barcoding and setting a bad precedent: names for ten species of Astraptes fulgerator (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Eudaminae) with DNA-based diagnoses. Systematics and Biodiversity, 8(4): 485–491. web Reference page. 
• Freeman, H.A., 1967. Three new species of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 21(2): 115–119. BHL, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Freeman, H.A. 1969. Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(suppl. 2): 1–64. 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. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 
• Steinhauser, S.R., 1989. Taxonomic notes and descriptions of new taxa in the neotropical Hesperiidae. Part I. Pyrginae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 127: 1–70. Reference page. 

Links

• BoA; Lepindex