Aethilla

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Achlyodidini
Genus: Aethilla
Species: A. chiapa – A. echina – A. eleusinia – A. epicra – A. gigas – A. haber – A. later – A. lavochrea – A. melas – A. memmius
Name

Aethilla Hewitson, 1868

Type species: Aethilla eleusinia Hewitson, 1868
Synonyms

Eurypterus Mabille, 1877 (preocc. De Kay, 1826)

References

Freeman, H.A., 1969: Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico (Supplement 2). The Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23 (suppl. 2): 1–64. Full article: [1].
Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

Aethilla is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.[1]
Species

Aethilla chiapa (Freeman, 1969) — Mexico
Aethilla echina (Hewitson, 1870) — Mexico to Colombia
A. echina echina — Ecuador
A. echina coracina (Butler, 1870) — Brazil
Aethilla eleusinia (Hewitson, 1868) — Ecuador
Aethilla epicra (Hewitson, 1870) — Ecuador, Colombia
Aethilla gigas (Mabille, 1877) — Ecuador, Peru
Aethilla haber (Mabille, 1891) — Peru
Aethilla later (Mabille, 1891) — Peru
Aethilla lavochrea (Butler, 1872) — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
Aethilla melas (Plötz, 1882) — Brazil
Aethilla memmius (Butler, 1870) — Venezuela

References

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External links

images representing Aethilla at Consortium for the Barcode of Life