Euphyes

The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

Euphyes
Dun skipper, E. vestris
Butler's branded skipper,
E. singularis insolata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Genus: Euphyes
Scudder, 1872

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups.[1][2]

  • Group peneia:
    • Euphyes peneia (Godman, [1900]) – guardpost skipper
    • Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972 – Ebert's skipper
    • Euphyes leptosema Mabille, 1891 – leptosema skipper
    • Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972 – fumata skipper
    • Euphyes singularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – singularis skipper [Butler's branded skipper (E. s. insolata) in Jamaica
    • Euphyes cornelius (Latreille, [1824]) – Cornelius skipper
  • Group subferruginea:
    • Euphyes subferrugineus (Hayward, 1934) – subferrugineus skipper
    • Euphyes antra Evans, 1955 – Antra skipper
    • Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955 – Cherra skipper
  • Group dion:
    • Euphyes bayensis Shuey, 1989 – bay skipper
    • Euphyes berryi (E. Bell, 1941) – Berry's skipper
    • Euphyes conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – black dash
      • E. c. buchholzi (P. Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951)[3]
      • E. c. conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863)[3]
      • E. c. orono (Scudder, 1872)[3]
    • Euphyes dion (W. H. Edwards, 1879) – Dion skipper
    • Euphyes dukesi (Lindsey, 1923) – Dukes' skipper
      • E. d. calhouni Shuey, 1996[4]
      • E. d. dukesi (Lindsey, 1923)[4]
    • Euphyes pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867) – Palatka skipper or saw-grass skipper
      • E. p. klotsi L. Miller, Harvey and J. Miller, 1985[5]
      • E. p. pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867)[5]
  • Group vestris:
    • Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852) – dun skipper, sedge witch, or dun sedge skipper
      • E. v. harbisoni J. Brown and Mcguire, 1983[6]
      • E. v. kiowah (Reakirt, 1866)[6]
      • E. v. metacomet (T. Harris, 1862)[6]
      • E. v. vestris (Boisduval, 1852)[6]
    • Euphyes chamuli Freeman, 1969 – Chamul skipper
    • Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – two-spotted skipper
      • E. b. arbotsti Gatrelle, 1999[7]
      • E. b. bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)[7]
      • E. b. arbotsti (Dodge, 1872)[7]
    • Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837])[8] – palmetto skipper
  • Incertae sedis:
    • Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955 – ampa skipper
    • Euphyes canda (Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]) – Candelaria skipper

References
  1. Euphyes, funet.fi
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-23. Retrieved 2010-06-14.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies 11-VII-08
  3. "Euphyes conspicua". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  4. "Euphyes dukesi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  5. "Euphyes pilatka". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  6. "Euphyes vestris". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  7. "Euphyes bimacula". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
  8. "Euphyes arpa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 1 January 2014.
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