Melanopyge

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: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Apyrrothrixina
Genus: Melanopyge
Species: M. burnsi – M. cossea –M. erythrosticta –M. hoffmanni –M. maculosa –M. mulleri

Name

Melanopyge Mielke, 2002.

Type Species: Pyrrhopyga maculosa, Hewitson, 1866: 485, images.

Synonymy

• Melanopyge Mielke, 2002: 224.

References

• Hewitson, W.C. [1866]. Descriptions of New Hesperidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Series 3, Vol. 2: 479–501. Reference page. 
• Mielke, O.H.H. 2002. Pyrrhopyginae: gêneros novos e revalidados (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19(1): 217–228. PDF. Reference page. 
• Mielke, O.H.H., Brockmann, E. & Mielke, C.G.C. 2022. Butterflies of the World 49: Hesperiidae II: New World Pyrrhopyginae, detailed text. Verlag Goecke & Evers . 1-120. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes reveal drastic and recurrent phenotypic divergence in firetip skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae: Pyrrhopyginae). Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 286: 20190609. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0609. Appendix. Reference page. 

Links

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