Biology:Agyllia
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Short description: Genus of butterflies
| Agyllia | |
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| Agyllia asterodia, South Africa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Carcharodini |
| Subtribe: | Carcharodina |
| Genus: | Agyllia Grishin, 2020 |
Agyllia is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, erected in 2020. There are at least three described species in Agyllia, all found in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.[1][2]
Species
These species belong to the genus Agyllia:
- Agyllia agylla (Trimen, 1889)
- Agyllia asterodia (Trimen, 1864)
- Agyllia kituina (Karsch, 1896)
References
- ↑ Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa 4748 (1): zootaxa.4748.1.10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMID 32230093.
- ↑ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): 6232–6237. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode: 2019PNAS..116.6232L.
Further reading
- Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A. et al. (2021). "Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy". The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 9 (3). doi:10.5281/zenodo.5630311. ISSN 2643-4806. PMID 35098146. PMC 8794009. https://lepsurvey.carolinanature.com/ttr/ttr-9-3.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q97332038 entry
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