Spread-winged skipper: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
txt image~~~~ |
AndrewHowse (talk | contribs) |
||
Line 26: | Line 26: | ||
[[Image:CogiaTyphedanus.jpg|thumb|230px|left|''Cogia'' and other Central American genera of Pyrginae.Plate from ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'']] |
[[Image:CogiaTyphedanus.jpg|thumb|230px|left|''Cogia'' and other Central American genera of Pyrginae.Plate from ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'']] |
||
A number of [[genera]] are of uncertain affiliations<ref>See Savela (2007) for references.</ref>. These include: |
A number of [[genera]] are of uncertain affiliations<ref>See Savela (2007) for references.</ref>. These include: |
||
Line 54: | Line 53: | ||
*[http://bugguide.net/node/view/12853/tree Subfamily Pyrginae] from [http://bugguide.net/ Bugguide.net] |
*[http://bugguide.net/node/view/12853/tree Subfamily Pyrginae] from [http://bugguide.net/ Bugguide.net] |
||
*Cirrus Digital Imaging [http://www.cirrusimage.com/skipper_photos.htm Reference photographs: Skippers of North America] |
*Cirrus Digital Imaging [http://www.cirrusimage.com/skipper_photos.htm Reference photographs: Skippers of North America] |
||
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/bfly/silver-spotted_skipper.htm ''Epargyreus clarus'', silver-spotted skipper] on the [[UF]] / [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences |
* [http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/bfly/silver-spotted_skipper.htm ''Epargyreus clarus'', silver-spotted skipper] on the [[University of Florida|UF]] / [[Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences| IFAS]] Featured Creatures Web site |
||
⚫ | |||
{{Hesperiidae-stub}} |
{{Hesperiidae-stub}} |
||
⚫ | |||
[[fr:Pyrginae]] |
[[fr:Pyrginae]] |
Revision as of 21:32, 27 October 2008
Spread-winged skippers | |
---|---|
Carcharodus alceae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
Order: | |
Superfamily: | Hesperioidea
|
(unranked): | |
Family: | |
Subfamily: | Pyrginae
|
Tribes | |
"Celaenorrhini" (disputed) |
Spread-winged skippers, Pyrginae, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (Hesperiidae). The tribe "Celaenorrhini" is usually included in the Eudamini entirely or for the largest part, including the type genus Celaenorrhinus. The family was erected by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Spread-winged skippers bask with their wings held wide open.They are usually brown, black, or checkered, but some are brilliantly coloured.Some have long tailed hind wings.
A number of genera are of uncertain affiliations[1]. These include:
- Abantis Hopffer, 1855
- Alenia Evans, 1935
- Calleagris Aurivillius, [1925]
- Carcharodus Hübner, [1819]
- Chaetocneme Felder, 1860
- Eagris Guenée, 1862
- Eretis Mabille, 1891
- Euschemon Doubleday, 1846
- Exometoeca Meyrick, 1888
- Katreus Watson, 1893
- Netrobalane Mabille, 1903
- Netrocoryne C. & R. Felder, [1867]
- Procampta Holland, 1892
Footnotes
- ^ See Savela (2007) for references.
References
- Savela, Markku (2007): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms: Pyrginae. Version of 2007-JUN-12. Retrieved 2008-JAN-24.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pyrginae.
- TOL
- Subfamily Pyrginae from Bugguide.net
- Cirrus Digital Imaging Reference photographs: Skippers of North America
- Epargyreus clarus, silver-spotted skipper on the UF / IFAS Featured Creatures Web site