Chioides

Chioides
	Chioides albofasciatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Chioides; Lindsey, 1921
Type species
	Eudamus albofasciatus; Hewitson, 1867

Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)

They range from the south-western United States to Argentina and there are several Antillean endemic species. They are robust and have hindwing "tails".^{[citation needed]}

Species[edit]

The following species are recognised in the genus Chioides:^[3]

Chioides albofasciatus (Hewitson, 1867)
Chioides catillus (Cramer, 1780)
Chioides churchi E. Bell & W. Comstock, 1948
Chioides cinereus (Mabille & Vuillot, 1891)
Chioides concinnus (Mabille, 1877)
Chioides iverna Evans, 1952
Chioides ixion (Plötz, 1881)
Chioides marmorosa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
Chioides vintra Evans, 1952
Chioides zilpa (Butler, 1874)

Gallery[edit]

C. c. catillus
White-striped longtail, Brazil
C. catillus albius
Blurry-striped longtail, Panama

References[edit]

^ Lindsey, Arthur Ward (1921). "The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico: A Generic Revision and Synopsis of the Species". University of Iowa Studies in Natural History. 9 (4): 25–26.
^ Chioides at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
^ 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.

External links[edit]

Images representing Chioides at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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[Lindsey,_1921-1] Lindsey, Arthur Ward (1921). "The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico: A Generic Revision and Synopsis of the Species". University of Iowa Studies in Natural History. 9 (4): 25–26.

[ButMoth-2] Chioides at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum

[Li-2019-3] 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.

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