Lon (butterfly) explained

Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in North and South America.^{[1] [2]} The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin.^[1] The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.^[1]

Species

, the genus includes 10 species:^[1]

• Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, 1837) – Zabulon skipper, type species
• Lon hobomok (T. Harris, 1862) – Hobomok skipper
• Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) – yellow-stained skipper
• Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881) – golden skipper
• Lon azin (Godman, 1900)
• Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992) – Macneill's skipper
• Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883) – ulphila skipper
• Lon monticola (Godman, 1900) – oyamel skipper
• Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) – snow-fringed skipper
• Lon melane (Edwards, 1869) – umber skipper

Notes and References

1. Cong . Qian . Zhang . Jing . Shen . Jinhui . Grishin . Nick V. . Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera) . Insecta Mundi . 11 October 2019 . 0731 . 1–56 .
2. Web site: Lon Grishin, 2019 . GBIF . 5 August 2021 . en.