Carystus (skipper) explained

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

Species

The genus Carystus consists of the following species:^[1]

• Carystus cynaxa Hewitson, 1867^[2]
• Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus elana (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus hocus Evans, 1955
• Carystus hylaspes (Stoll, [1781])
• Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
• Carystus junior Evans, 1955
• Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877
• Carystus metella (Plötz, 1882)
• Carystus moeros (Möschler, 1877)
• Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891
• Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777)
• Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002
• Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891

Former species

• Carystus argus Möschler, 1879 - synonymized with Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877
• Carystus dyscritus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Carystus epidius Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Pheraeus epidius (Mabille, 1891)
• Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 - transferred to Dion gemmatus (Butler, 1872)
• Carystus jeconia Butler, 1870 - transferred to Falga jeconia (Butler, 1870)
• Carystus klugi Bell, 1941 - transferred to Mielkeus klugi (Bell, 1941)
• Carystus lucia Capronnier, 1874 - transferred to Lucida lucia (Capronnier, 1874)
• Carystus odilia Burmeister, 1878 - synonymized with Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Carystus salenus Mabille, 1883 - transferred to Synapte salenus (Mabille, 1883)
• Carystus simulius Druce, 1876 - transferred to Lindra simulius (Druce, 1876)
• Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Carystus. ftp.funet.fi. 6 December 2016.
2. Zhang . Jing . Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick . 2022-03-14 . Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . Insecta Mundi . 2022 . 921 . 35370352 . 8975183 . en.