Telegonus (skipper)

Telegonus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Eudamina
Genus:	Telegonus Hübner, [1819]

Telegonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina.[1] It has been the subject of recent revision, and now includes several species formerly in Astraptes, Autochton and Urbanus.[1]

Species

Recognised species in the genus Telegonus include:[2]

• Telegonus cassander Fabricius, 1793
• Telegonus cassius Evans, [1952]
• Telegonus cellus Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]
• Telegonus cretellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
• Telegonus galesus Mabille, 1888
• Telegonus subflavus Grishin, 2022

References

1. 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.
2. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database