| Ernsta | |
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| Ernsta colotes, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Subtribe: | Carcharodina |
| Genus: | Ernsta Grishin, 2020 |
| Subgenera | |
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Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.1
Species
These species belong to the genus Ernsta:1
- Ernsta bifida (Higgins, 1924)
- Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) - Bushveld Sandman
- Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924) - Confusing Sandman
- Ernsta delagoae (Trimen, 1898) - Delagoa Sandman
- Ernsta depauperata (Strand, 1911) - Wandering Sandman
- Ernsta dromus (Plötz, 1884) - Forest Sandman
- Ernsta mangana (Rebel, 1899) - Arabian Grizzled Skipper
- Ernsta nanus (Trimen, 1889) - Dwarf Sandman
- Ernsta paula (Higgins, 1924) - Mite Sandman
- Ernsta ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) - Forest Grizzled Skipper
- Ernsta sataspes (Trimen, 1864) - Boland Sandman
- Ernsta secessus (Trimen, 1891) - Wolkberg Sandman
- Ernsta wrefordi (Evans, 1951) - Wreford's Grizzled Skipper
- Ernsta zebra (Butler, 1888) - Zebra Grizzled Skipper
References
References
- Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): 182–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707. PMID 32230093.
Further reading
Further reading
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.