Biology:Ernsta
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Short description: Genus of butterflies
Ernsta | |
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Ernsta colotes, South Africa | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
Tribe: | Carcharodini |
Subtribe: | Carcharodina |
Genus: | Ernsta Grishin, 2020 |
Subgenera | |
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Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.[1]
Species
These species belong to the genus Ernsta:[1]
- Ernsta bifida (Higgins, 1924)
- Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) (Bushveld Sandman)
- Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924) (Confusing Sandman)
- Ernsta delagoae (Trimen, 1898) (Delagoa Sandman)
- Ernsta depauperata (Strand, 1911) (Wandering Sandman)
- Ernsta dromus (Plötz, 1884) (Forest Sandman)
- Ernsta mangana (Rebel, 1899) (Arabian Grizzled Skipper)
- Ernsta nanus (Trimen, 1889) (Dwarf Sandman)
- Ernsta paula (Higgins, 1924) (Mite Sandman)
- Ernsta ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) (Forest Grizzled Skipper)
- Ernsta sataspes (Trimen, 1864) (Boland Sandman)
- Ernsta secessus (Trimen, 1891) (Wolkberg Sandman)
- Ernsta wrefordi (Evans, 1951) (Wreford’s Grizzled Skipper)
- Ernsta zebra (Butler, 1888) (Zebra Grizzled Skipper)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
Further reading
- 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.
Wikidata ☰ Q97333608 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernsta.
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