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

Tarsoctenus
Tarsoctenus species and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Entheini
Genus: Tarsoctenus
Watson, 1893

Species edit

  • Tarsoctenus corytus (Cramer, [1777]) Suriname to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
    • T. corytus corytus Suriname
    • T. corytus corba Evans, 1952 Peru
    • T. corytus gaudialis (Hewitson, 1876) Panama
  • Tarsoctenus papias (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Tarsoctenus praecia (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil
    • T. praecia praecia Brazil (Pará)
    • T. praecia plutia (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
    • T. praecia rufibasis Boullet, 1910 French Guiana
    • T. praecia luna Evans, 1952 Bolivia

References edit

  1. ^ Funet
  2. ^ 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.

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