Euphyes

Euphyes

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 Subphylum: Crustacea Superclassis: Allotriocarida Classis: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota 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: Hesperiina
Genus: Euphyes
Species: E. ampa – E. antra – E. arpa – E. bayensis – E. berryi – E. bimacula – E. canda – E. chamuli – E. cherra – E. conspicua – E. cornelius – E. dion – E. dukesi – E. eberti – E. fumata – E. kiowah – E. leptosema – E. peneia – E. pilatka – E. singularis – E. subferrugineus – E. vestris

Name

Euphyes Scudder, 1872.

Type species: Hesperia metacomet Harris, 1862.

Synonymy

• Euphyes Scudder, 1872: 80; Evans, 1955: 362; Lamas, 2004: 67.
• Euphiges Keferstein, 1874. Mis-spelling; per Lamas, 2004: 67.
• Euphyse Anon. 1971. Mis-spelling; per Lamas, 2004: 67.
• Eupheys Ramos, 1982. Mis-spelling; per Lamas, 2004: 67.
• Euphes Raguso & Lorente, 1997. Mis-spelling; per Lamas, 2004: 67.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Freeman, H.A. 1975. A new species of Euphyes Scudder from Texas (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 29(4): 227–229. PDF. Reference page. 
• Gatrelle, R.R. 1999. Three new Hesperioidae (Hesperiinae) from South Carolina: new subspecies of Euphyes bimacula, Poanes aaroni, and Hesperia attalus. The Taxonomic Report 1 (10): 1–13. Full article (PDF). 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. 
• Miller, L.D., Harvey, D.J. & Miller, J.Y. 1985. Notes on the genus Euphyes, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Florida Entomologist 68(2): 323–335. PDF. Reference page. 
• Shuey, J.A. 1988 (1989). The Morpho-Species Concept of Euphyes dion with the Description of a New Species (Hesperiidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 27(3-4): 160–172. PDF. Reference page. 
• Shuey, J.A. 1993. Phylogeny and biogeography of Euphyes Scudder (Hesperiidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47(4): 261–278. PDF. Reference page. 
• Steinhauser, S.R. & Warren, A.D. 2001. A new species of Euphyes Scudder from Western Mexico (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(4): 158–161. Reference page. 

Links

• Butterflies of America.