Epargyreus is the genus of flasher butterflies, which belong to the Eudaminae skipper subfamily. The members (species) occur in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
The species in this genus are:
Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) JamaicaEpargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 Mexico, ColombiaEpargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) BrazilE. barisses barisses Bolivia, PeruE. barisses argentina Mabille, 1903 ArgentinaEpargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 MexicoEpargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South AmericaE. clarus clarus south Canada, U.S., MexicoE. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 Mexico, ArizonaE. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 British Columbia to California, MexicoEpargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)E. clavicornis clavicornis Central AmericaE. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 HondurasE. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 Mexico, ColombiaEpargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 MexicoEpargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) Colombia, BrazilE. enispe enispe BrazilE. enispe elta Evans, 1952 BoliviaEpargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, TrinidadE. exadeus exadeus SurinamE. exadeus cruza Evans, 1952 MexicoEpargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 ColombiaEpargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825])E. socus socusE. socus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 Brazil (Minas Gerais)E. socus orizaba Scudder, 1872 Mexico, GuatemalaE. socus chota Evans, 1952 TrinidadE. socus dicta Evans, 1952 BoliviaE. socus sinus Evans, 1952 Brazil (Pará)Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 Dominican RepublicEpargyreus spina Evans, 1952E. spina spina Mexico, ColombiaE. spina verruga Evans, 1952 PeruEpargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 MexicoEpargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 ColombiaEpargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) Argentina, ParaguayEpargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 MexicoEpargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper – Antilles, FloridaE. zestos zestos Florida, Saint ThomasE. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas