Zopyrion
Zopyrion sandace
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Zopyrion
Godman & Salvin, [1896][1]

Zopyrion is a genus of butterflies in the Hesperiidae (skipper) family[2] and the Pyrgini tribe.[3] The type species, Zopyrion sandace, was described in 1896 by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in their Biologia Centrali-Americana.[2]

Species

  • Zopyrion evenor Godman, [1901]
  • Zopyrion reticulata Hayward, 1942
  • Zopyrion sandace Godman & Salvin, [1896]
  • Zopyrion satyrina (C. & R. Felder, 1867)
  • Zopyrion subvariegata Hayward, 1942

References

  1. Savela, Markku. "Zopyrion Godman & Salvin, [1896]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 12 March 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Genus details". Butterflies and Moths of the World: Generic Names and their Type-species. Natural History Museum (London). Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  3. Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2007). "Zopyrion: Godman & Salvin 1896". The Tree of Life Project. Retrieved 1 August 2013.


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