Biology:Thracides

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Thracides
Thracides phidon
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Calpodina
Genus:	Thracides Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
Sacrator Evans, 1955

Thracides is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Thracides arcalaus (Stoll, 1782)
• Thracides cilissa Hewitson, 1867 - Brazil
• Thracides cleanthes (Latreille, [1824])
  • T. c. cleanthes Brazil, Paraguay
  • T. c. binota Evans, 1955 - Venezuela
  • T. c. quarta Evans, 1955 - Peru
  • T. c. quinta Evans, 1955 - Brazil (Bahia)
  • T. c. telmela (Hewitson, 1866) - Brazil (Pará)
  • T. c. trebla Evans, 1955 - Bolivia
• Thracides joannisii Mabille, 1904 - Panama, Ecuador.
• Thracides nanea (Hewitson, 1867)
  • T. n. nanea - Brazil
  • T. n. nida Evans, 1955 - Colombia
• Thracides panimeron Druce, 1908 - Bolivia
• Thracides phidon (Cramer, [1779]) - Mexico, Panama to Brazil, Suriname, Trinidad
• Thracides polites (Godman & Salvin, 1879)
• Thracides sacrator Godman and Salvin, 1879
• Thracides thrasea (Hewitson, 1866) - Brazil (Amazonas)

Former species

• Thracides aletes Geyer, 1832 - transferred to Phanes aletes (Geyer, 1832)
• Thracides seron Godman, [1901] - transferred to Daron seron (Godman, [1901])

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
• images representing Thracides at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Wikidata ☰ Q1764882 entry