Epargyreus

Epargyreus clarus

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: Epargyreus
Species: E. antaeus – E. aspina – E. barisses – E. brodkorbi – E. clarus – E. clavicornis – E. cruza – E. deleoni – E. dicta – E. enispe – E. exadeus – E. fractigutta – E. gaumeri – E. nutra – E. pseudexadeus – E. socus – E. spanna – E. spina – E. spinosa – E. spinta – E. tmolis – E. windi – E. zestos

Name

Epargyreus Hübner, [1819]: 105.

Type species: by Scudder, 1872 as Papilio tityrus Fabricius, 1775 (invalid, subjective synonym of Papilio clarus Cramer, [1775]), by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1872: 70.

Synonyms

• Eridamus Burmeister, 1875: 51. Type species: Eridamus (Goniuris) tmolis Burmeister, 1875, by subsequent designation by Evans, 1952.

Mis-spellings

Epargyres Hübner, [1825]; Epagirius, Epargyrius Unzicker, 1911; Espargyreus Hoffman, 1930; Eparggyreus Hayward, 1933; Epargeus Tinkham, 1944; Eaprygeus, Epaegyreus, Okans, 1982. All 'per' Lamas, 2004ː 35.

References

• Burmeister, H. 1875. Recherches sur les chenilles des lépidoptères de la tribu des hespérides. Revue et magasin de zoologie pure et appliquée (3)3(1): 50-64. 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. 
• 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. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL 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. 
• Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page.