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Entheus

Entheus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in the tribe Entheini of which it is the type genus.

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Entheus
Entheus eumelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Entheini
Genus: Entheus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Peleus Swainson, 1831
  • Brachycneme C. & R. Felder, 1862

Entheus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in the tribe Entheini1 of which it is the type genus.2

Species

  • Entheus aureanota Austin, Mielke & Steinhauser, 1997
  • Entheus aureolus Austin, Mielke & Steinhauser, 1997
  • Entheus bombus Austin, Mielke & Steinhauser, 1997
  • Entheus crux Steinhauser, 1989
  • Entheus curvus Austin, 1997
  • Entheus eumelus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Entheus eunyas Austin, Mielke & Steinhauser, 1997
  • Entheus gentius (Cramer, 1777)
  • Entheus huertasae Grishin, 2013
  • Entheus latebrosus Austin, 1997
  • Entheus lemna (Butler, 1870)
  • Entheus matho Godman & Salvin, 1879
  • Entheus ninyas Druce, 1912
  • Entheus priassus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Entheus telemus Mabille, 1898
  • Entheus warreni Grishin, 2012
References

References

  1. 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.
  2. "ZooBank.org". www.zoobank.org. Retrieved 3 September 2022.