Autochton (butterfly)

Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.

Autochton
Two-spotted banded-skipper
A. bipunctatus
Central American banded-skipper
A. vectilucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Autochton
Hübner, [1823]
Species

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Synonyms
  • Cecropterus (Hübner, 1818)
  • Autochthon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Ccropterus (W. F. Kirby, 1871)
  • Rhabdoides (Scudder, 1889)
  • Antochton (W. F. Kirby, 1912)
  • Oecropterus (Spitz, 1932)
  • Acropterus (Kaye, 1940)
  • Rhaboides (Hayward, 1947)
  • Authochton (Ramos, 1977)[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2][3]

  • Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper[4]
  • Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – golden banded-skipper
  • Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882) – Chisos banded-skipper
  • Autochton integrifascia (Mabille, 1891)
  • Autochton itylus Hübner, [1823]
  • Autochton longipennis (Plötz, 1882) – narrow banded-skipper
  • Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832) – spiky banded-skipper
  • Autochton pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clémence, [1910]) – Sonoran banded-skipper
  • Autochton reflexus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)
  • Autochton siermadror Burns, 1984 – Sierra Madre banded-skipper
  • Autochton sulfureolus (Mabille, 1883)
  • Autochton vectilucis (Butler, 1872) – Central American banded-skipper
  • Autochon zarex (Hübner, 1818) – sharp banded-skipper

References
  1. Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
  2. Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.167.
  3. Autochton, funet.fi
  4. Twin-spot Banded Skipper, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes


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