Burnsius
Genus of butterflies
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Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.
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| male B. orcus, Tobago | |
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| female B. orcus, Colombia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Burnsius Grishin, 2019 |
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.[2]
Species
These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:[2][3]
- Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Colombian checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
- Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
- Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
- Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
- Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
- Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)
