Staphylus (butterfly)

Updated on Dec 30, 2024

Edit

Comment

Kingdom Animalia Family Hesperiidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Subfamily Pyrginae Rank Genus

Similar Butterflies and moths, Autochton, Achalarus, Thorybes, Urbanus

Staphylus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae found mainly in South America with some species in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and southern United States.

Species

Listed alphabetically.

Staphylus ascalaphus (Staudinger, 1876) – mauve scallopwing

Staphylus ascalon (Staudinger, 1876)

Staphylus astra (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus azteca (Scudder, 1872) – Aztec scallopwing

Staphylus balsa (Bell, 1937)

Staphylus buena (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus caribbea (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus cartagoa (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus ceos (Edwards, 1882) – golden-headed sootywing

Staphylus chlora Evans, 1953 – green-headed sootywing

Staphylus chlorocephala (Latreille, [1824])

Staphylus coecatus (Mabille, 1891)

Staphylus cordillerae (Lindsey, 1925)

Staphylus corumba (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus eryx Evans, 1953

Staphylus esmeraldus Miller, 1966

Staphylus evemerus Godman & Salvin, [1896]

Staphylus fasciatus Hayward, 1933

Staphylus hayhurstii (Edwards, 1870) – Hayhurst's scallopwing, scalloped sootywing

Staphylus huigra (Williams & Bell, 1940)

Staphylus iguala (Williams & Bell, 1940) – Iguala sootywing

Staphylus imperspicua (Hayward, 1940)

Staphylus incanus Bell, 1932

Staphylus incisus (Mabille, 1878)

Staphylus insignis Mielke, 1980

Staphylus kayei Cock, 1996

Staphylus lenis Steinhauser, 1989

Staphylus lizeri (Hayward, 1938)

Staphylus mazans (Reakirt, [1867]) – Mazans scallopwing, southern scalloped sootywing

Staphylus melaina (Hayward, 1947)

Staphylus melangon (Mabille, 1883)

Staphylus melius Steinhauser, 1989

Staphylus menuda (Weeks, 1902)

Staphylus minor Schaus, 1902 – speckled sootywing

Staphylus mossi Evans, 1953

Staphylus musculus (Burmeister, 1875)

Staphylus oeta (Plötz, 1884) – Plötz's sootywing

Staphylus parvus Steinhauser & Austin, 1993

Staphylus perforata (Möschler, 1879)

Staphylus perna Evans, 1953

Staphylus punctiseparatus Hayward, 1933

Staphylus putumayo (Bell, 1937)

Staphylus sambo Evans, 1953

Staphylus saxos Evans, 1953

Staphylus shola Evans, 1953

Staphylus tepeca (Bell, 1942) – checkered scallopwing

Staphylus tierra Evans, 1953 – west-Mexican scallopwing

Staphylus tingo Steinhauser, 1989

Staphylus tridentis Steinhauser, 1989

Staphylus tucumanus (Plötz, 1884)

Staphylus tyro (Mabille, 1878)

Staphylus unicornis Steinhauser & Austin, 1993

Staphylus veytius Freeman, 1969 – Chiapas scallopwing

Staphylus vincula (Plötz, 1886) – mountain scallopwing

Staphylus vulgata (Möschler, 1879) – golden-snouted scallopwing

References

Staphylus (butterfly) Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA