Biology:Burnsius

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Burnsius
Orcus checkered-skipper (Burnsius orcus) male To.jpg
male B. orcus, Tobago
Orcus chequered skipper (Burnsius orcus) female Cundinamarca.jpg
female B. orcus, Colombia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Burnsius
Grishin, 2019

Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.

As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.[2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:[2][3]

  • Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
  • Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
  • Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
  • Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
  • Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
  • Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)


References

  1. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (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. Bibcode2019PNAS..116.6232L. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Zhang, J; Cong, Q; Burns, JM; Grishin, NV (2022). "Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini)". Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv 10 (5): 5. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6510282. PMID 35530660. 
  3. Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report). http://butterfliesofamerica.com/US-Can-Cat.htm. 

Further reading

Wikidata ☰ Q96374143 entry