Atrytonopsis

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: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Hesperiina
Genus: Atrytonopsis
Species: A. austinorum – A. cestus – A. deva – A. edwardsi – A. frappenda – A. hianna – A. llorentei – A. loammi – A. lunus – A. ovinia – A. pittacus – A. python – A. vierecki – A. zweifelei
Name

Atrytonopsis Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900].

Type species: Hesperia deva Edwards, 1876.
References

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.
Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.
Warren, A.D., 2008: A new species of Atrytonopsis from Western Mexico (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae: Hesperiini). The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 84 (4): 257–268. Full article: [1].
Warren, A.D., 2011: A New species of Atrytonopsis from Jalisco, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 21 (1): 1–6.

Atrytonopsis is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.[1]

Species include:

Atrytonopsis austinorum[1] Warren, 2011
Atrytonopsis cestus (Edwards, 1884) – cestus skipper
Atrytonopsis deva (Edwards, 1876) – Deva skipper
Atrytonopsis edwardsi Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
Atrytonopsis frappenda (Dyar, 1920)
Atrytonopsis hianna (Scudder, 1868) – dusted skipper
Atrytonopsis loammi (Whitney, 1876)
Atrytonopsis lunus (Edwards, 1884) – moon-marked skipper
Atrytonopsis ovinia (Hewitson, [1866])
Atrytonopsis pittacus (Edwards, 1882) – white-barred skipper
Atrytonopsis python (Edwards, 1882) – python skipper
Atrytonopsis quinteri (Burns, 2015)
Atrytonopsis vierecki (Skinner, 1902) – Viereck's skipper
Atrytonopsis zweifeli Freeman, 1969

References

Warren, A. D. (2011). A new species of Atrytonopsis from Jalisco, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini). Trop Lepid Res 21(1) 1-6.