Apyrrothrix

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Apyrrothrixina
Genus: Apyrrothrix
Species: A. araxes – A. arizonae
Name

Apyrrothrix Lindsey, 1921.

Type species: Erycides araxes Hewitson, 1867.
Synonyms

Apyrrhothrix (sic) Draudt, 1924. Missp.
=Pyrrhopyge Hübner; Evans, 1951: 8.
Apyyrrothrx (sic) R.G. Maza, 1976. Missp.

References

Bell, E.L. 1933. Studies in the Pyrrhopyginae, With Descriptions of New Species. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 41: 265–295; 481–510; 42: 393–421. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Lindsey, A., 1923. The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico. University of Iowa Studies in Natural History 9(4): 1-114, 31 figs. BHL Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes reveal drastic and recurrent phenotypic divergence in firetip skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae: Pyrrhopyginae). Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20190609. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0609. Appendix. Reference page.

Apyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.[1]
Species

Funet recognizes two species in the genus Apyrrothrix.[2] While Butterflies of America recognizes Apyrrothrix as a monotypic genus with A. araxes as its sole member and with A. arizonae recognized as subspecies arizonae.[3]

Apyrrothrix araxes (Hewitson, 1867)
Apyrrothrix arizonae (Godman & Salvin, 1893) (Sometimes as Apyrrothrix araxes arizonae)

References

"Genus search results". www.nhm.ac.uk Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database. Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
"Apyrrothrix". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
"Apyrrothrix araxes arizonae (Godman & Salvin, 1893)". butterfliesofamerica.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.