Euphyes

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Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Hesperiinae Phylum Arthropoda Rank Genus		Family Hesperiidae Scientific name Euphyes Higher classification Hesperiini Order Butterflies and moths

Similar Euphyes vestris, Butterfly, Skipper, Poanes, Euphyes dion

The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the Hesperiidae family (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

Species

Listed alphabetically within species groups.

Group peneia:

Euphyes peneia (Godman, [1900]) – guardpost skipper

Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972 – Ebert's skipper

Euphyes leptosema Mabille, 1891 – leptosema skipper

Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972 – fumata skipper

Euphyes singularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – singularis skipper [Butler's branded skipper (E. s. insolata) in Jamaica

Euphyes cornelius (Latreille, [1824]) – Cornelius skipper

Group subferruginea:

Euphyes subferrugineus (Hayward, 1934) – subferrugineus skipper

Euphyes antra Evans, 1955 – Antra skipper

Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955 – Cherra skipper

Group dion:

Euphyes bayensis Shuey, 1989 – bay skipper

Euphyes berryi (E. Bell, 1941) – Berry's skipper

Euphyes conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – black dash

E. c. buchholzi (P. Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951)

E. c. conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863)

E. c. orono (Scudder, 1872)

Euphyes dion (W. H. Edwards, 1879) – Dion skipper

Euphyes dukesi (Lindsey, 1923) – Dukes' skipper

E. d. calhouni Shuey, 1996

E. d. dukesi (Lindsey, 1923)

Euphyes pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867) – Palatka skipper or saw-grass skipper

E. p. klotsi L. Miller, Harvey and J. Miller, 1985

E. p. pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867)

Group vestris:

Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852) – dun skipper, sedge witch, or dun sedge skipper

E. v. harbisoni J. Brown and Mcguire, 1983

E. v. kiowah (Reakirt, 1866)

E. v. metacomet (T. Harris, 1862)

E. v. vestris (Boisduval, 1852)

Euphyes chamuli Freeman, 1969 – Chamul skipper

Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – two-spotted skipper

E. b. arbotsti Gatrelle, 1999

E. b. bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

E. b. arbotsti (Dodge, 1872)

Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – palmetto skipper

Incertae sedis:

Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955 – ampa skipper

Euphyes canda (Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]) – Candelaria skipper

References

Euphyes Wikipedia

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