Carystus
Carystus phorcus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Carystina
Genus: Carystus
Hübner, 1819

Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

The genus Carystus consists of the following species:[1]

  • Carystus cynaxa Hewitson, 1867[2]
  • Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882)
  • Carystus elana (Plötz, 1882)[2]
  • Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882)
  • Carystus hocus Evans, 1955
  • Carystus hylaspes (Stoll, [1781])[2]
  • Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
  • Carystus junior Evans, 1955
  • Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877[2]
  • Carystus metella (Plötz, 1882)[2]
  • Carystus moeros (Möschler, 1877)[2]
  • Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891[2]
  • Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777)
  • Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002
  • Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891

Former species

  • Carystus argus Möschler, 1879 - synonymized with Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877
  • Carystus dyscritus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Carystus epidius Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Pheraeus epidius (Mabille, 1891)
  • Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 - transferred to Dion gemmatus (Butler, 1872)
  • Carystus jeconia Butler, 1870 - transferred to Falga jeconia (Butler, 1870)
  • Carystus klugi Bell, 1941 - transferred to Mielkeus klugi (Bell, 1941)
  • Carystus lucia Capronnier, 1874 - transferred to Lucida lucia (Capronnier, 1874)
  • Carystus odilia Burmeister, 1878 - synonymized with Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Carystus salenus Mabille, 1883 - transferred to Synapte salenus (Mabille, 1883)
  • Carystus simulius Druce, 1876 - transferred to Lindra simulius (Druce, 1876)
  • Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)

References

  1. "Carystus". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.


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