Euriphellus
Euriphellus | |
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Euriphellus euribates polygius (Latreille, [1824]) figure 5 male figure 6 female | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Genus: | Euriphellus G.T.Austin, 2008 |
Species: | E. euribates |
Binomial name | |
Euriphellus euribates (Stoll, 1872) | |
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Euriphellus is a monotypic Neotropical genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus was separated from Dyscophellus by George Traut Austin in 2008. The single species in the genus is Euriphellus euribates.
The wingspan is 28-30 mm. The forewings are tawny brown, with three large yellow-orange discal partially translucent macules and two to three translucent subapical macules of the same colour. The hindwings have a small area of shiny scales. Adults are crepuscular.
Subspecies
- Euriphellus euribates euribates (from Costa Rica south to Bolivia and southern Brazil)
- Euriphellus euribates polygius (Latreille, [1824])
References
- Austin, George T., 2008, Insecta Mundi 0029: 1-36. Full article: "Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on “night” skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae)"
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