Burnsius
Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about 12 described species in Burnsius.
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| Orcus checkered skipper, Burnsius orcus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Burnsius Grishin, 2019 |
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genera Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1]
Species
These 12 species belong to the genus Burnsius:
- Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius albescens (Plötz, 1884) (white checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
- Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
- Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
- Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
- Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
- Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)
References
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116.
Further reading
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Appendix to Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2009). "Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 467–523. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x.
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