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Vettius

Vettius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Vettius
V. coryna catargyra, Colombia
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Vettius
Godman, 1901
V. coryna coryna, Colombia source ↗

Vettius is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Vettius include:

  • Vettius phyllus Cramer, 17771
  • Vettius pica1
  • Vettius triangularis (Hübner, [1831])2

Former species

  • Vettius arva Evans, 1955 - transferred to Psoralis arva (Evans, 1955)
  • Vettius lafrenaye (Latreille, [1824]) - synonymized with Dubiella dubius (Stoll, 1781)
  • Vettius fuldai Bell, 1930 - transferred to Phlebodes fuldai (Bell, 1930)
  • Vettius yalta Evans, 1955 - synonymized with Phlebodes fuldai (Bell, 1930)
References

References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. PMID 35370352.