Astraptes Explained

Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Astraptes:^[1]

• Astraptes erycina (Plötz, 1881) Brazil
• Astraptes mabillei Steinhauser, 1989 Bolivia
• Astraptes halesius (Hewitson, 1877) French Guiana, Peru
• Astraptes aulus (Plötz, 1881) Panama to Brazil
• Astraptes enotrus (Stoll, [1781]) Guiana, Guyane, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad
• Astraptes janeira (Schaus, 1902) Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Paraguay

External links

• Images representing Astraptes at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
• Butterflies of the Americas images

Notes and References

1. Li . Wenlin . Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Zhang . Jing . Hallwachs . Winnie . Janzen . Daniel H. . Grishin . Nick V. . Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 26 March 2019 . 116 . 13 . 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . 30877254 . 6442542 . 2019PNAS..116.6232L . Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24 . free .