Biology:Thespieus

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Thespieus
both, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Hesperiini
Genus:	Thespieus Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Thespieus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

• Thespieus abatira (J. Zikán, 1938)
• Thespieus abauna (J. Zikán, 1938)
• Thespieus argentina Draudt, 1923
• Thespieus aspernatus Draudt, 1923
• Thespieus caraca Evans, 1955
• Thespieus castor Hayward, 1948
• Thespieus catochra (Plötz, 1882)
• Thespieus dalman (Latreille, [1824])
• Thespieus duidensis Bell, 1932
• Thespieus ethemides (Burmeister, 1878)
• Thespieus fassli (Draudt, 1923)
• Thespieus fulvangula (Weymer, 1890)
• Thespieus haywardi Evans, 1937
• Thespieus hieroglyphica Draudt, 1923
• Thespieus himella (Hewitson, 1868)
• Thespieus homochromus Mielke, 1978
• Thespieus inez Nicolay, 1973
• Thespieus jora Evans, 1955
• Thespieus lutetia (Hewitson, [1866])
• Thespieus macareus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Thespieus matucanae Lindsey, 1925
• Thespieus opigena (Hewitson, 1866)
• Thespieus othna (Butler, 1870)
• Thespieus peruviae Lindsey, 1925
• Thespieus pinda Evans, 1955
• Thespieus tapayuna (J. Zikán, 1938)
• Thespieus thona Evans, 1955
• Thespieus tihoneta (Weeks, 1901)
• Thespieus vividus (Mabille, 1891)
• Thespieus xarina Hayward, 1948
• Thespieus xarippe (Butler, 1870)
• Thespieus zikani Mielke, 1971

References

• Bell, E.L., 1932: Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Roraima and Duida expeditions, with descriptions of new species. American Museum Novitates 555: 1–16. Full article: [1].
• Bell, E.L., 1938: A new genus and five new species of Neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1013: 1–11. Full article: [2].
• Bell, E.L., 1942: New genera and new species of neotropical Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 1205: 1–9. Full article: [3].
• Lamas, G., 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
• Nicolay, S.S., 1973: Descriptions of new neotropical Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27 (4): 243–257. Full article: [4].

External links

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Wikidata ☰ Q1764109 entry