Epargyreus
| Epargyreus | |
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| Epargyreus clarus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Eudamini |
| Genus: | Epargyreus Hübner, [1819] |
| Species | |
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Several, see text | |
Epargyreus is the genus of flasher butterflies, which belong to the Eudaminae skipper subfamily.The members (species) occur in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
The species in this genus are:
- Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) Jamaica
- Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 Mexico, Colombia
- Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) Brazil
- E. barisses barisses Bolivia, Peru
- E. barisses argentina Mabille, 1903 Argentina
- Epargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 Mexico
- Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) Silver-spotted Skipper Canada to South America
- E. clarus clarus south Canada , U.S. A., Mexico
- E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 Mexico, Arizona
- E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 British Columbia to California, Mexico
- Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- E. clavicornis clavicornis Central America
- E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 Honduras
- E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 Mexico, Colombia
- Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 Mexico
- Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) Colombia, Brazil
- E. enispe enispe Brazil
- E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 Bolivia
- Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) Broken Silverdrop Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
- E. exadeus exadeus Surinam
- E. exadeus cruza Evans, 1952 Mexico
- Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 Colombia
- Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])
- E. socus socus
- E. socus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- E. socus orizaba Scudder, 1872 Mexico, Guatemala
- E. socus chota Evans, 1952 Trinidad
- E. socus dicta Evans, 1952 Bolivia
- E. socus sinus Evans, 1952 Brazil (Pará)
- Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 Dominican Republic
- Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952
- E. spina spina Mexico, Colombia
- E. spina verruga Evans, 1952 Peru
- Epargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 Mexico
- Epargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 Colombia
- Epargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) Argentina, Paraguay
- Epargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 Mexico
- Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) Zestos Skipper Antilles, Florida
- E. zestos zestos Florida , Saint Thomas
- E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas [1]
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