Choranthus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Anthoptina
Genus: Choranthus
Species: C. borincona – C. haitensis – C. lilliae – C. maria – C. melissa – C. radians – C. richmondi – C. schwartzi – C. vitellius

Name

Choranthus Scudder, [1872]

Type species: Hesperia radians Lucas, 1857: 650.

Synonymy

• Choranthus Scudder, [1872]: 79; Draudt, [1924]: 941; Evans, [1955]: 352; Hemming, 1967: 113; Bridges, 1994: IX.17; Lamas, 2004: 64; Li, W. et al., 2019: 3.

References

• Bell, E.L., 1931. A New Species of Hesperiidae from Jamaica, British West Indies. Entomological News 43(2): 220-222. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Online. Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 
• Lucas, P.H. 1857. Ordre des Lépidoptères. In de la Sagra Histoire physique, politique et naturelle de l'isle de Cuba. Paris. Animaux articulés 7: 474–750, pls 14–16. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Miller, L.D., 1965. A Review of the West Indian Choranthus. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 4(4): 259-274. Reference page. 
• Minno, M.C. 1990. A new species of Choranthus from Hispaniola (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 1(2): 55–58. PDF. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H., [1872]. A Systematic revision of Some of the American Butterflies With Brief Notes on Those Known to Occur in Essex County, Mass. Annual report of the trustees of the Peabody Academy of Natural Sciences 4: 24–83. Reference page. 
• Skinner, H., 1920. The Genus Choranthus Scudder, with a Description of a New Species (Lepidoptera). Entomological News 31(7): 186-187. Reference page. 
• Watson, F.E. 1937. New Hesperiidae from the Antilles (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 906: 1–10. PDF. Reference page. 

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