Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Lychnuchus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Moncina
Genus: Lychnuchus
Hübner, 1827

Species

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Former species

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  • Lychnuchus olenus Hübner, [1831] - synonymized with Hesperia celsus Fabricius, 1793
  • Lychnuchus pelta Evans, 1955 - transferred to Molo pelta (Evans, 1955)
  • Lychnuchus victa Evans, 1955 - transferred to Alychna victa (Evans, 1955)

References

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  1. ^ Enosis Mabille, 1889, Markku Savela's website on Life
  2. ^ a b Checklist and English Names of Mexican Butterflies
  3. ^ a b Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.