Gesta

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Gesta
Subgenera (2): Erynnides – Gesta
Name

Gesta Evans, 1953, 3: 171, 200.

Type species: Thanaos gesta Herrich-Schäffer, 1863.
References

Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls. 1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls. 10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls. 26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(2): 1–12. PDF. Reference page.

Gesta is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database