Aguna (butterfly)

Aguna is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Aguna
Aguna aurunce Fig. 20 Aguna asander Fig. 24.
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Aguna Williams, 1927
Synonyms
Tmetocerus Poujade, 1895

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Aguna:

• Aguna albistria (Plötz, 1880)
  • A. albistria albistria (Mabille, 1888) – Brazil
  • A. albistria leucogramma (Mabille, 1888) – southeast Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela (Suriname?)
• Aguna asander (Hewitson, 1867) – gold-spotted aguna – type locality Brazil
  • A. asander asander (Hewitson, 1867) – southern U.S. (as stray) to Argentina
  • A. asander haitensis (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) – Cuba and Hispaniola
  • A. asander jasper Evans, 1952 – Jamaica
• Aguna aurunce Hewitson, 1867 – type locality Brazil
  • A. aurunce aurunce (Plötz, 1880)
  • A. aurunce hypozonius (Plötz, 1880) – south east Mexico to Venezuela
• Aguna camagura (R. Williams, 1926) – type locality Brazil
• Aguna cirrus Evans, 1952 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna claxon Evans, 1952 – emerald aguna – Cuba, southern Texas to Colombia and Suriname
• Aguna clina Evans, 1952 – type locality Colombia
• Aguna coeloides Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – southeastern Mexico to southern Brazil
• Aguna coelus (Stoll, 1781) – Stoll's aguna – Costa Rica and Panama to Peru and central Brazil
• Aguna ganna (Möschler, 1879) – Ganna aguna – Costa Rica to Colombia and Venezuela
• Aguna glaphyrus (Mabille, 1888) – type locality Brazil
• Aguna latifascia Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Ecuador
• Aguna latimacula Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna longicauda Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna megaeles (Mabille, 1888)
  • A. megaeles malia Evans, 1952 – type locality Venezuela
  • A. megaeles megaeles (Mabille, 1888) – type locality Brazil
• Aguna mesodentata Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna metophis (Latreille, [1824]) – long-tailed aguna – south Texas to south Brazil
• Aguna nicolayi Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna panama Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – Panamanian aguna – Honduras to Venezuela
• Aguna parva Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna penicillata Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna prasinus Siewert, Leviski, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2015
• Aguna similis Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna spatulata Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna spicata Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna squamalba Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil
• Aguna venezuelae O. Mielke, 1971 – type locality Venezuela

References

• Austin, George T., Olaf H. H. Mielke. 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America Insecta Mundi 0044:1-56

External links

• images representing Aguna at Consortium for the Barcode of Life