Codatractus

Genus of butterflies

Codatractus
Codatractus alcaeus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Eudaminae
Genus: Codatractus
Lindsey, 1921

Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). [1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Codatractus:[2]

  • Codatractus cyledis (Dyar, 1912) - Mexico
  • Codatractus bryaxis (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico to Guatemala
  • Codatractus imalena (Butler, 1872) – Costa Rica to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas).
  • Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905) – Arizona skipper – southeast Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Mexico
  • Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995 – Mexico
  • Codatractus melon (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) – Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua
  • Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952
  • Codatractus rowena Evans, 1952
  • Codatractus alcaeus (Hewitson, 1867) – white-crescent longtail
  • Codatractus apulia Evans, 1952
  • Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977 – Mexico
  • Codatractus aminias (Hewitson, 1867) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

  1. ^ Funet
  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.
  • Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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