Entheus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in the tribe Entheini[1] of which it is the type genus.[2]

Entheus
Entheus eumelus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Entheini
Genus: Entheus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Peleus Swainson, 1831
  • Brachycneme C. & R. Felder, 1862

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
  2. ^ "ZooBank.org". www.zoobank.org. Retrieved 3 September 2022.