Biology:Astraptes
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Short description: Genus of butterflies
| Flasher butterflies | |
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| Astraptes sp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Eudaminae |
| Genus: | Astraptes Hübner, [1819] |
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Several, see text | |
Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Astraptes:[1]
- Astraptes erycina (Plötz, 1881) Brazil
- Astraptes mabillei Steinhauser, 1989 Bolivia
- Astraptes halesius (Hewitson, 1877) French Guiana, Peru
- Astraptes aulus (Plötz, 1881) Panama to Brazil
- Astraptes enotrus (Stoll, [1781]) Guiana, Guyane, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad
- Astraptes janeira (Schaus, 1902) Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Paraguay
References
- ↑ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode: 2019PNAS..116.6232L.
External links
- Images representing Astraptes at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Butterflies of the Americas images
Wikidata ☰ Q1359761 entry
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