Autochton (butterfly)

Autochton
Two-spotted banded-skipper (Autochton bipunctatus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Autochton
Hübner, [1823]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cecropterus (Hübner, 1818)
  • Autochthon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Ccropterus (W. F. Kirby, 1871)
  • Rhabdoides (Scudder, 1889)
  • Antochton (W. F. Kirby, 1912)
  • Oecropterus (Spitz, 1932)
  • Acropterus (Kaye, 1940)
  • Rhaboides (Hayward, 1947)
  • Authochton (Ramos, 1977)[1]

Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2][3]

References

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  1. 1 2 Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
  2. Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.167.
  3. Autochton, funet.fi
  4. Twin-spot Banded Skipper, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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