Biology:Gorgythion (butterfly)

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Gorgythion
Variegated skipper (Gorgythion begga pyralina) Cundinamarca.jpg
Variegated skipper
G. begga pyralina, Colombia
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Erynnini
Genus: Gorgythion
Godman & Salvin, 1896

Gorgythion is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Gorgythion include:[1]

  • Gorgythion begga (Prittwitz, 1868)
  • Gorgythion beggina Mabille, 1897
  • Gorgythion plautia (Möschler, 1877)

References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1760142 entry