Biology:Echelatus

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Short description: Genus of butterflies

Echelatus sempiternus
Anastrus sempiternus ssp. sempiternus.jpg
E. sempiternus ssp. sempiternus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Echelatus
Godman & Salvin, [1894]
Species:
E. sempiternus
Binomial name
Echelatus sempiternus
(Butler & Druce, 1872)
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Achlyodes sempiternus Butler & Druce, 1872
  • Anastrus sempiternus (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Echelatus is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Echelatus sempiternus, the common bluevent, which is found in North America.[2][3][4]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Echelatus sempiternus dilloni Bell & Comstock, 1948
  • Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
  • Echelatus sempiternus simplicior Möschler, 1876

References

Further reading

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