Biology:Arteurotia

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Arteurotia
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Arteurotia tractipennis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Carcharodini
Genus: Arteurotia
Butler & H. Druce, 1872

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

Species

Two species are recognised in the genus Arteurotia:

  • Arteurotia celendris Hewitson, 1878[1]
  • Arteurotia tractipennis Butler & Druce, 1872[2] - starred skipper - Mexico, Costa Rica and Panama


References

  1. Grishin, Nick V. (2014-09-01). "A New Species of Eracon (Hesperiidae: Pyrginae) Substantiated by a Number of Traits, Including Female Genitalia". The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 68 (3): 149. doi:10.18473/lepi.v68i3.a1. ISSN 0024-0966. https://bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-the-lepidopterists-society/volume-68/issue-3/lepi.v68i3.a1/A-New-Species-of-Eracon-Hesperiidae--Pyrginae-Substantiated-by/10.18473/lepi.v68i3.a1.full. 
  2. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. 

Wikidata ☰ Q1764976 entry