Narcosius

Narcosius
Narcosius narcosius figure 8
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Eudamina
Genus:	Narcosius Steinhauser, 1986 [1]

Narcosius is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).[2]

Species

• Narcosius aulina (Evans, 1952) - French Guiana
• Narcosius colossus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Mexico, Venezuela
• Narcosius dosula (Evans, 1952) - Brazil
• Narcosius granadensis (Möschler, 1879) - Venezuela, Peru, Brazil
• Narcosius helen (Evans, 1952) - Mexico, Honduras
• Narcosius hercules (Bell, 1956) - Bolivia, Brazil
• Narcosius mura (Williams, 1927) - Brazil
• Narcosius narcosius (Stoll, [1790]) - Suriname, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil
• Narcosius nazaraeus Steinhauser, 1986 - Mexico
• Narcosius odysseus Austin, 1996 - Brazil
• Narcosius parisi (Williams, 1927) - Brazil
• Narcosius pseudomura Austin, 1996 - Brazil
• Narcosius samson (Evans, 1952) - Mexico, Colombia, Brazil
• Narcosius steinhauseri Austin, 1996 - Brazil

References

1. Steinhauser, 1986 A review of the skippers of the narcosius group of species of the genus Astraptes Hübner (sensu Evans, 1952) and erection of a new genus. Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae Bull. Allyn Mus. 104: 1-43, 79 figures
2. Funet

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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