Hermeuptychia Explained

Hermeuptychia is a genus of satyrid butterflies found in the Neotropical realm. They are a widespread, cryptic genus, with Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I species delineation methods implying much greater species diversity than currently recognised.^[1]

Species

The genus contains the following species, listed alphabetically:^[2]

• Hermeuptychia atalanta (Butler, 1867)
• Hermeuptychia cucullina (Weymer, 1911)
• Hermeuptychia fallax (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
• Hermeuptychia gisella (Hayward, 1957)
• Hermeuptychia harmonia (Butler, 1867)
• Hermeuptychia hermes (Fabricius, 1775)
• Hermeuptychia hermybius Grishin, 2014
• Hermeuptychia intricata Grishin, 2014
• Hermeuptychia maimoune (Butler, 1870)
• Hermeuptychia pimpla (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
• Hermeuptychia sosybius (Fabricius, 1793)

Notes and References

1. Tan, Denise. Parus, Anamaria. Dunbar, Michelle. Espeland, Marianne. Willmott, Keith R.. Cytochrome c oxidase subunit I barcode species delineation methods imply critically underestimated diversity in 'common' Hermeuptychia butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). 2021. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 193. 4. 1256–1270. 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlab007.
2. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/hermeuptychia/ "Hermeuptychia Forster, 1964"