Autochton

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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Eudamina
Genus: Autochton
Subgenera (2): Autochton – Calliades
Name

Autochton Hübner, [1823]: 13.

Type species: Autochton itylus Hübner, 1823, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Cabares Godman & Salvin, [1894], 2: 337. Synonymy in Li et al., 2019: SI appendix 19.
Type species: Thanaos potrillo Lucas, 1857, by original designation.

References

Godman, F. & Salvin, O. 1879-1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera), 3 vols. London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol III (plates). Reference page.
Hübner, J. 1818–1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung exotischer Schmettlinge. (1)1–40; (2)1–40; (3)1–48; (4)1–48; (5)1–52, pls.1–172. 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.

Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.
Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2][3]

Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper[4]
Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – golden banded-skipper
Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882) – Chisos banded-skipper
Autochton integrifascia (Mabille, 1891)
Autochton itylus Hübner, [1823]
Autochton longipennis (Plötz, 1882) – narrow banded-skipper
Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832) – spiky banded-skipper
Autochton pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clémence, [1910]) – Sonoran banded-skipper
Autochton reflexus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)
Autochton siermadror Burns, 1984 – Sierra Madre banded-skipper
Autochton sulfureolus (Mabille, 1883)
Autochton vectilucis (Butler, 1872) – Central American banded-skipper
Autochon zarex (Hübner, 1818) – sharp banded-skipper

References
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Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.167.
Autochton, funet.fi
Twin-spot Banded Skipper, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes