Biology:Cymaenes

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Cymaenes
Three-spotted Skipper - Cymaenes tripunctus, Bird Rookery Swamp, Collier County, Florida (39440654411).jpg
Cymaenes tripunctus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Cymaenes
Scudder, 1872

Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species include:[1]

  • Cymaenes aequatoria (Hayward, 1940)
  • Cymaenes edata (Plötz, 1882)
  • Cymaenes idria Evans, 1955
  • Cymaenes isus (Godman, 1900)
  • Cymaenes laureolus (Schaus, 1913)
  • Cymaenes lochius Plötz, 1882
  • Cymaenes loxa Evans, 1955
  • Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cymaenes miqua (Dyar, 1913)
  • Cymaenes psyllus (Mabille, 1898)
  • Cymaenes sipariana Kaye, 1925
  • Cymaenes tripunctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

Former species

  • Cymaenes corescene (Stoll, 1782) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cymaenes fraus Godman, 1900 - transferred to Vidius fraus (Godman, 1900)
  • Cymaenes odilia (Burmeister, 1878) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Cymaenes trebius (Mabille, 1891) - synonymized to Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

References

  1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)" (in en). Insecta Mundi. https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/130468. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1761809 entry