Epargyreus
Genus of butterflies
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Epargyreus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. Several species in this genus are known as silverdrops. The species are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical realms.
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| Epargyreus clarus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Eudamina |
| Genus: | Epargyreus Hübner, [1819] |
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Taxonomy
Etymology
The genus name is derived from Greek argyros "silver", referring to the white spot on the ventral hindwing.[1]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Epargyreus:[2]
- Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) - Jamaica
- Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
- Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
- E. barisses barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Bolivia, Peru
- E. barisses argentina Mabille, 1903 - Argentina
- Epargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
- Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South America
- E. clarus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) - southern Canada, U.S., Mexico
- E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 - Mexico, Arizona
- E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 - British Columbia to California, Mexico
- E. clarus profugus Austin, 1998
- Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- E. clavicornis clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Central America
- E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 - Honduras
- E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 - Mexico, Colombia
- Epargyreus cruza Evans, 1952 - Mexico
- Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 - Mexico
- Epargyreus dicta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia
- Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) - Colombia, Brazil
- E. enispe enispe (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil
- E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia
- Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina, Trinidad
- Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 - Colombia
- Epargyreus orizaba Scudder, 1872 - Mexico, Guatemala
- Epargyreus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 - Brazil (Minas Gerais)
- Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])
- E. socus socus (Hübner, [1825])
- E. socus chota Evans, 1952 - Trinidad
- E. socus sinus Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
- Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 - Dominican Republic
- Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952
- E. spina spina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia
- E. spina verruga Evans, 1952 - Peru
- Epargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 - Mexico
- Epargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 - Colombia
- Epargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) - Argentina, Paraguay
- Epargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico
- Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper – Antilles, Florida
- E. zestos zestos (Geyer, 1832) Florida, Saint Thomas
- E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas[3]
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