Echelatus Explained

Echelatus is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the family Hesperiidae.^[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Echelatus sempiternus, the common bluevent, which is found in North America.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• Echelatus sempiternus dilloni Bell & Comstock, 1948
• Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
• Echelatus sempiternus simplicior Möschler, 1876

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Further reading

• Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico. 2016. Pohl . Greg. Patterson . Bob. Pelham . Jonathan. 10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287. free.

Notes and References

1. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2019 . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . . 0731 . 1–56.