Gesta (Erynnides)

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Gesta
Subgenus: Gesta (Erynnides)
Species (15): G. afranius – G. baptisiae – G. funeralis – G. horatius – G. juvenalis – G. lucilius – G. martialis – G. meridianus – G. pacuvius – G. persius – G. propertius – G. scudderi – G. telemachus – G. tristis – G. zarucco

Name

Erynnides Burns, 1964: 24.

Type species: Nisoniades propertius Scudder & Burgess, 1870, by original designation.

Synonymy

• Erynnides Burns, 1964: 24; Lepindex.
• Erynnis (Erynnides) Burns; Lamas, 2004: 47.
• Gesta (Erynnides) Burns; Grishin, 2019: 6.

References

• Burns, J.M. 1964. Evolution in Skipper Butterflies of the Genus Erynnis. University of California Publications in Entomology, Vol.37, University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, Cal., 1964pp. iv + 214, 22 figs., 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Cowan, C.F. 1968. Annotationes Rhopalocerologicae. Clunbury Press, Berkhampstead. 20pp. Reference page. 
• Forbes, W.T.M., 1936. The Gesta persius group of Thanaos (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Psyche 43(4): 104-113. 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. 
• Scudder, S.H. & Burgess, E. 1870. On Asymmetry in the Appendages of Hexapod Insects, especially as illustrated in the Lepidopterous Genus Nisoniades. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History 13ː 282-306, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(2): 1–12. PDF. Reference page.