Aethilla (butterfly)

Aethilla
Figures 13-14 Aethilla echina Hewitson, 1870 (13: underside, 14: male genitalia)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Aethilla Hewitson, 1868
Synonyms
Eurypterus Mabille, 1877 (preocc. De Kay, 1826)

Aethilla is a Neotropical genus of Spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.^[1]

Species

• Aethilla chiapa Freeman, 1969 Mexico
• Aethilla echina Hewitson, 1870 Mexico to Colombia
  • A. echina echina Ecuador
  • A. echina coracina Butler, 1870 Brazil
• Aethilla eleusinia Hewitson, 1868 Ecuador
• Aethilla epicra Hewitson, 1870 Ecuador, Colombia
• Aethilla gigas (Mabille, 1877) Ecuador, Peru
• Aethilla haber (Mabille, 1891) Peru
• Aethilla later (Mabille, 1891) Peru
• Aethilla lavochrea Butler, 1872 Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
• Aethilla melas Plötz, 1882 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro),
• Aethilla memmius Butler, 1870 Venezuela

References

External links

• images representing Aethilla at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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