Enos

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Enos
Species (6):
E. falerina – E. mazurka – E. myrtea – E. polka – E. thara
Name

Enos K. Johnson , Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997

Type species: Thecla falerina Hewitson, 1867: 96, pl. 43, figs 168,169. images.
Synonymy

Falerinota K. Johnson, Austin, Le Crom & Salazar, 1997.
Chopinia D'Abrera, 2001, unavailable (ICZN Article 13.1)

References

Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein 1997: The Macusiina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of ten new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae Colombianos, 2(13): 1–37. [not seen]
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Enos is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (family Lycaenidae). Among these, it belongs belong to the tribe Eumaeini of the subfamily Theclinae. These small butterflies occur essentially all over the Neotropics.

This genus has a somewhat convoluted nomenclatorial and taxonomic history. It was established only fairly recently, but most of its members were in fact already known to the 19th century researcher William Chapman Hewitson. Hewitson did not yet recognize their distinctness though, and included them in his "wastebin genus" Thecla. However, the two genera are not particularly close relatives among their subfamily.
Classification

The genus was established within months by different team of authors; as usual in such cases, the junior synonym Falerinota was abolished in favor of the older name Enos. Its known species are, as of 2011:[2]

Enos falerina (Hewitson, 1867)
Enos mazurka (Hewitson, 1867) (tentatively placed here)
Enos myrtea (Hewitson, 1867)
Enos polka Lamas & Robbins, 2009 (formerly E. maculata)
Enos thara (Hewitson, 1867)

It is not fully resolved whether this represents a good monophyletic circumscription. E. mazurka and perhaps some others might warrant separation in a distinct genus. The name "Chopinia" was proposed for this, but it was subsequently argued to be a nomen nudum per Article 13.1 of the ICZN Code, because an appropriate genus description was not given. The matter has been submitted to the ICZN for discussion; regardless the questions of nomenclature, E. mazurka is for the time being retained here.
Footnotes

See references in Savela (2011)

Wikispecies 2012-APR-01, and see references in Savela (2011)

References

Data related to Enos at Wikispecies

Savela, Markku (2011): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Enos. Version of December 24, 2011. Retrieved April 1, 2012.