Atrytonopsis Explained

Atrytonopsis is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.^[1]

Species include:

• Atrytonopsis austinorum^[1] Warren, 2011
• Atrytonopsis cestus (Edwards, 1884)  - cestus skipper
• Atrytonopsis deva (Edwards, 1876)  - Deva skipper
• Atrytonopsis edwardsi Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
• Atrytonopsis frappenda (Dyar, 1920)
• Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder, 1868)  - dusted skipper
• Atrytonopsis loammi (Whitney, 1876)
• Atrytonopsis lunus (Edwards, 1884)  - moon-marked skipper
• Atrytonopsis ovinia (Hewitson, [1866])
• Atrytonopsis pittacus (Edwards, 1882)  - white-barred skipper
• Atrytonopsis python (Edwards, 1882)  - python skipper
• Atrytonopsis quinteri Burns, 2015
• Atrytonopsis vierecki (Skinner, 1902)  - Viereck's skipper
• Atrytonopsis zweifeli Freeman, 1969

External links

• Atrytonopsis. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
• Atrytonopsis. Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Database.
• Atrytonopsis. funet.

Notes and References

1. Warren, A. D. (2011). A new species of Atrytonopsis from Jalisco, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini). Trop Lepid Res 21(1) 1-6.