Duskywing

Duskywings
	Erynnis tages
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Erynnina
Genus:	Erynnis; Schrank, 1801

Erynnis is a genus in the skippers butterfly family Hesperiidae, known as the duskywings. Erynnis is found in the Neotropical realm and across the Palearctic, but the highest species diversity is in the Nearctic. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1801.

Species and notable subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

Erynnis afranius (Lintner, 1878) – Afranius duskywing
Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes, 1936) – wild indigo duskywing
Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte, [1837]) – sleepy duskywing
- Erynnis brizo burgessi (Skinner, 1914) – Rocky Mountain sleepy duskywing
Erynnis funeralis (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – funereal duskywing
Erynnis horatius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Horace's duskywing
Erynnis icelus (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – dreamy duskywing
Erynnis juvenalis (Fabricius, 1793) – Juvenal's duskywing
Erynnis lucilius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – columbine duskywing
Erynnis martialis (Scudder, 1869) – mottled duskywing
Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval, [1834]) – inky skipper
Erynnis mercurius (Dyar, 1926) Mexico
Erynnis montana (Bremer, 1861) South China, Formosa, Amur, Japan
Erynnis meridianus Bell, 1927 – meridian duskywing – California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
Erynnis pacuvius (Lintner, [1878]) – Pacuvius duskywing, Dyar's duskywing, or buckthorn dusky wing
- Erynnis pacuvius callidus (Grinnell, 1905) – Californian – Pacuvius duskywing
Erynnis pathan Evans, 1949 Ghissar, Chitral, North Baluchistan
Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891) West China, Arunachal Pradesh^[2]
Erynnis persius (Scudder, 1863) – Persius duskywing or hairy duskywing
- Erynnis persius fredericki (H. A. Freeman, 1943) – eastern Persius duskywing
Erynnis popoviana Nordmann, 1851 Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri
Erynnis propertius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Propertius duskywing or western oak duskywing
Erynnis scudderi (Skinner, 1914) – Scudder's duskywing – Mexico, Arizona
Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758) – dingy skipper
Erynnis telemachus Burns, 1960 – Rocky Mountain duskywing – Arizona
Erynnis tristis (Boisduval 1852) – mournful duskywing – Arizona, California,^[3] New Mexico, Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Central America
- Erynnis tristis tatius (W. H. Edwards, 1882) – Tatius duskywing – Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, to Colombia
Erynnis zarucco (H. Lucas, 1857) – zarucco duskywing

References

^ Savela, Markku (March 12, 2019). "Erynnis Schrank, 1801". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
^ K., Jeshi (2018-04-04). "A record sighting". The Hindu. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
^ Shapiro, Art. "Erynnis tristis". Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

External links

"Genus Erynnis - Duskywings". BugGuide. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
Species records from University of Colorado Museum
Northeastern Mexico Butterfly List
Images representing Erynnis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Erynnis [fr] Distribution (in French)

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[1] Savela, Markku (March 12, 2019). "Erynnis Schrank, 1801". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

[2] K., Jeshi (2018-04-04). "A record sighting". The Hindu. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

[3] Shapiro, Art. "Erynnis tristis". Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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