Gorgyra

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Gorgyra
Species: G. aburae – G. afikpo – G. aretina – G. bibulus – G. bina – G. bule – G. diva – G. diversata – G. heterochrus – G. johnstoni – G. kalinzu – G. kasungo – G. minima – G. mocquerysii – G. pali – G. rubescens – G. sara – G. sola – G. stewarti – G. subfacatus – G. subflavidus – G. warreni – G. ziama

Name

Gorgyra Holland, 1896

Type species: Apaustus aburae Plötz, by original designation

Synonymy

Gorgyra Holland, 1896ː 31; Evans, 1937ː 90; Hemming, 1967ː 202.
Oedaloneura Mabille, [1904]ː 101. Type-species: Pamphila heterochrus Mabille, 1890ː 31, pl.3 fig.7 by monotypy.

References

Collins, S.C. & Larsen, T.B. 2008. Eighteen new species, five new subspecies, and interesting data on other African butterflies – Fourth ABRI research paper. Metamorphosis 19(2): 42–113. Abstract and PDF download. Reference page.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Online. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. 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. BHL Reference page.
Holland, W.J. 1896. A Preliminary Revision and Synonymic Catalogue of the Hesperiidae of Africa and the adjacent Islands, with Descriptions of some apparently new Species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1896: 2–107, Pls I–V. Reference page.
Larsen, T.B. 2010: Gorgyra stewarti sp.nov. – a surprising new skipper butterfly from Cameroun and the democratic Republic of Congo (Lep.: Hesperiidae). Entomologist's record and journal of variation 122: 55–58. Reference page.
Mabille, P. 1890. Descriptions de quatre Lépidoptères nouveaux. Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France (Ser. 6) 10: 52–54. Reference page.
Mabille, P. 1903–1904. Genera Insectorum - Fam. Hesperiidae Fascicule 17: 210pp, 4 pls.; P. Wytsman, Brussels. Reference page.
Safian, S., Belcastro, C., Boireau, P. & Collins, S. 2020. New Taxa of Skipper Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae) from Tropical Africa. Metamorphosis 31(1): 56–71. ResearchGate Reference page.

Links

Lepindex

Vernacular names

English: Leaf Sitters