Jonaspyge

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: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Apyrrothrixina
Genus: Jonaspyge
Species: J. aesculapus – J. elizabethae – J. jonas – J. tzotzili
Name

Jonaspyge Mielke, 2002: 223.

Type species: Pyrrhopyga jonas C. Felder & Felder, R., 1859: 328, by original designation.
References
Primary references

Mielke, O.H.H. 2002. Pyrrhopyginae: gêneros novos e revalidados (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 19(1): 217–228. PDF. Reference page.

Additional references

Felder, C. & Felder, R. [1859]. Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Parts 1-3. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 3(6): 178–186, 263–273, pls.3,4; 3(11): 321–328. Reference page.
Freeman, H.A. 1969. Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(suppl. 2): 1–64. Reference page.
Gallardo, R.J. & Grishin, N.V. 2021. Orange fringes, crenulate hindwings and genomic DNA identify a new species of Jonaspyge from Honduras (Hesperiidae: Pyrrhopyginae). Tropical Lepidoptera Research 31(1): 48-52. Reference page.
Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Brockmann, E. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes reveal drastic and recurrent phenotypic divergence in firetip skipper butterflies (Hesperiidae: Pyrrhopyginae). Proc. R. Soc. B 286: 20190609. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2019.0609. Appendix. Reference page.

Jonaspyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
Species

Jonaspyge aesculapus (Staudinger, 1876) Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador
Jonaspyge jonas (C. & R. Felder, 1859) Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua
Jonaspyge tzotzili (Freeman, 1969) Mexico

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database