Codatractus

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: Loboclina
Genus: Codatractus
Subgenera:
(1) Codatractus
Species: C. arizonensis –C. bryaxis –C. cyledis –C. imalena –C. melon –C. sallyae

(2) Caudatractus
Species: C. alcaeus –C. aminias –C. apulia –C. carlos –C. rowena –C. yucatanus
Name

Codatractus Lindsey, 1921

Type species: Heteropia imitatrix Mabille, 1889.
Synonymy

Heteropia Mabille, 1889: 68 (preocc. Heteropia Carter, 1886 [Porifera]).
Type species: Heteropia imitatrix Mabille, 1889: 68.
Codatractus Lindsey, 1921: 26 (repl. Heteropia Mabille, 1889).

References

Grishin, N.V. 2019. Expanded phenotypic diagnoses for 24 recently named new taxa of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). The Taxonomic Report 8(1): 1–15. PDF. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.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.
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.
Lindsey, A.W. 1921. The Hesperioidea of America North of Mexico. University of Iowa City, Studies in Natural History, IX(4): 114 pp, 31 figs, 2 pls. Reference page.
Mabille, P. 1889. Diagnoses de Lépidoptères nouveaux. Le Naturaliste (11)2: 25, 58–59, 67–68, 99, 127, 133–134, 144–145, 173–174, 183, 216–217, 239. Reference page.

Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). [1]
Species

cyda species group
Codatractus valeriana (Plötz, 1881) Arizona, Mexico
Codatractus cyda (Godman, [1901]) Mexico to Honduras
Codatractus uvydixa (Dyar, 1914) Mexico
alcaeus species group
Codatractus alcaeus (Hewitson, 1867) – white-crescent longtail
C. alcaeus alcaeus Arizona, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico
C. alcaeus apulia Evans, 1952 Ecuador
Codatractus aminias (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905) – Arizona skipper – southeast Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Mexico
Codatractus bryaxis (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico to Guatemala
Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952
C. carlos carlos Central America, Honduras
C. carlos arguta Evans, 1952 Trinidad
C. carlos rowena Evans, 1952 Venezuela
Codatractus cyledis (Dyar, 1912) Mexico
Codatractus hyster (Dyar, 1916) Mexico
Codatractus imalena (Butler, 1872) Costa Rica to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas).
Codatractus melon (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995 Mexico
Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977 Mexico

References

Funet

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database