Virga

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: Moncina
Genus: Virga
Species: V. austrinus – V. clenchi – V. hygrophila – V. paraiba – V. riparia – V. silvanus – V. virginius – V. xantho

Name

Virga Evans, [1955].

Typus: Apaustus virginius Möschler, 1883: 330.

Synonymy

• Virga Evans, [1955]: 84, 98; Hemming, 1967: 457; Bridges, 1994: IV.35; Lamas, 2004: 84.

Note:

For the plant genus Virga Hill, see Dipsacus L.

References

• 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. 
• 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. BHL 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. 
• Miller, L.D., 1970. Two new Mexican Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24(2): 120–124. PDF. Reference page. 
• Möschler, H. B., 1883. Beitrage zur Schmetterlings-Fauna von Surinam V. Ver. der Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 32: 303–362, pls 17,18. text BHL, plates. Reference page. 
• Nicolay, S.S., 1973. Descriptions of New Neotropical Hesperiidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 27(4): 243-257. Reference page. 

Links

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