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Salatis

Salatis is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.

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Salatis
Salatis spp. and related genera in Adalbert Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World Vol.5 The American Rhopalocera
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Phocidini
Genus: Salatis
Evans, 1952

Salatis is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae,1 in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.2

Species of the genus Salatis are native to Central America and South America, including in the Amazon River basin.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Salatis:2

  • Salatis canalis (Skinner, 1920)
  • Salatis salatis (Stoll, 1782)
  • Salatis cebrenus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Salatis flavomarginatus (Sepp, [1851])
References

References

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  2. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
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