Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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| Carystus phorcus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Carystina |
| Genus: | Carystus Hübner, 1819 |
Species edit
The genus Carystus consists of the following species:[1]
- Carystus cynaxa Hewitson, 1867[2]
- Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882)
- Carystus elana (Plötz, 1882)[2]
- Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882)
- Carystus hocus Evans, 1955
- Carystus hylaspes (Stoll, [1781])[2]
- Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
- Carystus junior Evans, 1955
- Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877[2]
- Carystus metella (Plötz, 1882)[2]
- Carystus moeros (Möschler, 1877)[2]
- Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891[2]
- Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777)
- Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002
- Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891
Former species edit
- Carystus argus Möschler, 1879 - synonymized with Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877
- Carystus dyscritus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Carystus epidius Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Pheraeus epidius (Mabille, 1891)
- Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 - transferred to Dion gemmatus (Butler, 1872)
- Carystus jeconia Butler, 1870 - transferred to Falga jeconia (Butler, 1870)
- Carystus klugi Bell, 1941 - transferred to Mielkeus klugi (Bell, 1941)
- Carystus lucia Capronnier, 1874 - transferred to Lucida lucia (Capronnier, 1874)
- Carystus odilia Burmeister, 1878 - synonymized with Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Carystus salenus Mabille, 1883 - transferred to Synapte salenus (Mabille, 1883)
- Carystus simulius Druce, 1876 - transferred to Lindra simulius (Druce, 1876)
- Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)
References edit
- ^ "Carystus". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.
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