Euphyes Explained

The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

Species

The following species are recognised:^{[1] [2]}

• Group peneia:
  • Euphyes peneia (Godman, [1900]) – guardpost skipper
  • Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972 – Ebert's skipper
  • Euphyes leptosema Mabille, 1891 – leptosema skipper
  • Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972 – fumata skipper
  • Euphyes singularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – singularis skipper [Butler's branded skipper (''E. s. insolata'') in [[Jamaica]]
  • Euphyes cornelius (Latreille, [1824]) – Cornelius skipper
• Group subferruginea:
  • Euphyes subferrugineus (Hayward, 1934) – subferrugineus skipper
  • Euphyes antra Evans, 1955 – Antra skipper
  • Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955 – Cherra skipper
• Group dion:
  • Euphyes bayensis Shuey, 1989 – bay skipper
  • Euphyes berryi (E. Bell, 1941) – Berry's skipper
  • Euphyes conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – black dash
    • E. c. buchholzi (P. Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951)
    • E. c. conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863)
    • E. c. orono (Scudder, 1872)
  • Euphyes dion (W. H. Edwards, 1879) – Dion skipper
  • Euphyes dukesi (Lindsey, 1923) – Dukes' skipper
    • E. d. calhouni Shuey, 1996
    • E. d. dukesi (Lindsey, 1923)
  • Euphyes pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867) – Palatka skipper or saw-grass skipper
    • E. p. klotsi L. Miller, Harvey and J. Miller, 1985
    • E. p. pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867)
• Group vestris:
  • Euphyes kiowah (Reakirt, 1866)^[3]
    • Euphyes k. chamuli Freeman, 1969 – Chamul skipper
    • Euphyes k. kiowah (Reakirt, 1866)
  • Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852) – dun skipper, sedge witch, or dun sedge skipper
    • E. v. harbisoni J. Brown and Mcguire, 1983
    • E. v. metacomet (T. Harris, 1862)
    • E. v. vestris (Boisduval, 1852)
  • Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – two-spotted skipper
    • E. b. arbotsti Gatrelle, 1999
    • E. b. bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)
    • E. b. arbotsti (Dodge, 1872)
  • Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – palmetto skipper
• Incertae sedis:
  • Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955 – ampa skipper
  • Euphyes canda (Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]) – Candelaria skipper

External links

• Grass Skippers, Butterflies and Moths of North America
• Hesperiidae, Butterflies of Canada

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/hesperiinae/euphyes/index.html Euphyes
2. Web site: Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies 11-VII-08 . 2010-06-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100623032954/http://www.mariposasmexicanas.com/Bfly_Names.htm . 2010-06-23 . Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies 11-VII-08
3. 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.