Cephise
Cephise and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Cephisina
Genus: Cephise
Evans, 1952

Cephise is a Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies of the subfamily Eudaminae,[1] within which it is placed in subtribe Cephisina.[2]

Species

Per Li et al. 2019, the genus contains the following species:[2]

  • Cephise aelius (Plötz, 1880) – Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Cephise burnsi Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Espírito Santo).
  • Cephise callias (Mabille, 1888)
  • Cephise cephise (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Brazil, Peru
  • Cephise glarus (Mabille, 1888) – Brazil (Pará)
  • Cephise guatemalaensis (Freeman, 1977) – Guatemala, south Mexico
  • Cephise impunctus Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
  • Cephise maculatus Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
  • Cephise malesedis Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Brazil (Rondônia)
  • Cephise mexicanus Austin & Mielke, 2000 – Mexico
  • Cephise nuspesez Burns, 1996 – Mexico, Costa Rica
  • Cephise procerus (Plötz, 1880) – Brazil (Pará), Mexico to Venezuela

References

  1. Funet
  2. 1 2 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.


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