Dyscophellus

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: Eudaminae
Tribus: Phocidini
Genus: Dyscophellus
Species (9): D. damias – D. diaphorus – D. erythras – D. mielkei – D. porcius – D. porsena – D. ramon – D. ramusis – D. sebaldus
Name

Dyscophellus Godman & Salvin, [1893]

Type species: Papilio sebaldus Stoll, [1781].
Synonymy

Dyscophus Burmeister, 1878 (praeocc. Dyscophus Grandidier, 1872 [Amphibia])
Type species: Papilio sebaldus Stoll, [1781].
Dyscophellus Godman & Salvin, [1893] (repl. Dyscophus Burmeister, 1878)

References

Godman & Salvin, 1893, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 19
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.

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

Funet

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database