Theagenes

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: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Theagenes
Species: T. aegides – T. albiplaga – T. dichrous
Name

Theagenes Godman & Salvin, [1896]

Type Species: Antigonus aegides Herrich-Schaffer, 1869.
Synonymy

Eropus Godman & Salvin, [1896]: Pl.88 figs 87-89. praeocc. Eropus Grouvelle, 1895: 162.
Theagenes Godman & Salvin, [1896]: 428; Hemming, 1967: 438; Bridges, 1994: IX.68.
Theagenis Zikán & Zikán, 1968. Mis-spelling per Lamas, 2004: 57.
Theogenes Raguso & Llorente, 1991. Mis-spelling per Lamas, 2004: 57.
Theatenes Raguso & Llorente, 1997. Mis-spelling per Lamas, 2004: 57.
Thaegenes Parra, Vargas & Tabares, 2000. Mis-spelling per Lamas, 2004: 57.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. web. Reference page.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. 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.
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869-70. Systematis Lepidopterorum, Hesperiina. CorrespondenzBlatt des zoologischer-mineralogische Verein in Regensburg. Vol. 23: 59–64, 67–77, 130–141, 163–172, 184–204; Vol. 24: 154–160. Reference page.

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

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database