Rhinthon (butterfly) explained

Rhinthon is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Rhinthon include:^[1]

• Rhinthon bajula (Schaus, 1902)
• Rhinthon braesia (Hewitson, 1867)
• Rhinthon cubana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
• Rhinthon molion Godman, 1901
• Rhinthon osca Plötz, 1882

Former species

• Rinthon [sic] advena Draudt, 1923 - transferred to Tricrista advena (Draudt, 1923)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Notes and References

1. 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.