Biology:Chioides
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Short description: Genus of skipper butterflies in subfamily Eudaminae
| Chioides | |
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| Chioides albofasciatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Eudaminae |
| Genus: | Chioides Lindsey, 1921[1][2] |
| Type species | |
| Eudamus albofasciatus Hewitson, 1867
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Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)
They range from the south-western United States to Argentina and there are several Antillean endemic species. They are robust and have hindwing "tails".[citation needed]
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Chioides:[3]
- Chioides albofasciatus (Hewitson, 1867)
- Chioides catillus (Cramer, 1780)
- Chioides churchi E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948
- Chioides cinereus (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)
- Chioides concinnus (Mabille, 1877)
- Chioides iverna Evans, 1952
- Chioides ixion (Plötz, 1881)
- Chioides marmorosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
- Chioides vintra Evans, 1952
- Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)
Gallery
C. c. catillus
White-striped longtail, Brazil
C. catillus albius
Blurry-striped longtail, Panama
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References
- ↑ Lindsey, Arthur Ward (1921). "The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico: A Generic Revision and Synopsis of the Species". University of Iowa Studies in Natural History 9 (4): 25–26. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9880208.
- ↑ Chioides at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode: 2019PNAS..116.6232L.
External links
- Images representing Chioides at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Funet Taxonomy, distribution
Wikidata ☰ Q1312717 entry
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