en Porphyrogenes

Porphyrogenes
	Porphyrogenes spp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Tribe:	Phocidini
Genus:	Porphyrogenes; Watson, 1893
Synonyms
	Caecina Hewitson, 1868; Physalea Mabille, 1903; Ocyba Lindsey, 1925;

Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae,^[1] in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.^[2]

Species

Porphyrogenes boliva Evans, 1952 - Venezuela
Porphyrogenes calathana (Hewitson, 1868)
- P. calathana calanus (Godman & Salvin, 1894)
- P. calathana calathana (Hewitson, 1868)
- P. calathana compusa (Hewitson, 1868)
Porphyrogenes convexus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes despecta (Butler, 1870)
- P. despecta despecta (Butler, 1870) - Brazil (Pará, Bahia)
- P. despecta cervinus (Plötz, 1883) - Brazil
Porphyrogenes eudemus (Mabille, 1888)
Porphyrogenes ferruginea (Plötz, 1883)
Porphyrogenes glavia Evans, 1952 - Panama
Porphyrogenes passalus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Amazonas) to Bolivia, Venezuela
Porphyrogenes omphale (Butler, 1871) - Venezuela
Porphyrogenes pausias (Hewitson, 1867) - Brazil (Amazonas)
Porphyrogenes peterwegei Burns, 2010
Porphyrogenes probus (Möschler, 1877) - Suriname, Colombia, Peru
Porphyrogenes simulator Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes sororcula (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) - French Guiana
Porphyrogenes sparus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes spanda Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
Porphyrogenes sparta Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
Porphyrogenes speciosus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes specularis Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes spina Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes splendidus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes spoda Evans, 1952 - Panama
Porphyrogenes sporta Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
Porphyrogenes stresa Evans, 1952 - Peru
Porphyrogenes stupa Evans, 1952 - type locality unknown
Porphyrogenes sula (R. Williams & E. Bell, 1940)
Porphyrogenes virgatus (Mabille, 1888)
Porphyrogenes vulpecula (Plötz, 1882)
- P. vulpecula vulpecula (Plötz, 1882) - Brazil, Panama
- P. vulpecula immaculata (Skinner, 1920) - Peru
Porphyrogenes zohra (Möschler, 1879) - Venezuela, Peru, Honduras

References

^ Funet
^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

images representing Porphyrogenes at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

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[Li-2019-2] Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

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