Autochton (butterfly)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Hesperiidae		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Subfamily Eudaminae

Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper

Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – golden banded-skipper

Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882) – Chisos banded-skipper

Autochton integrifascia (Mabille, 1891)

Autochton itylus Hübner, [1823]

Autochton longipennis (Plötz, 1882) – narrow banded-skipper

Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832) – spiky banded-skipper

Autochton pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clémence, [1910]) – Sonoran banded-skipper

Autochton reflexus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)

Autochton siermadror Burns, 1984 – Sierra Madre banded-skipper

Autochton sulfureolus (Mabille, 1883)

Autochton vectilucis (Butler, 1872) – dark-fringed banded-skipper

Autochon zarex (Hübner, 1818) – sharp banded-skipper

References

Autochton (butterfly) Wikipedia

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