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Euphyes Scudder, 1872

Euphyes Scudder, 1872; 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 80, TS: Hesperia metacomet Harris
Euphiges ; Keferstein, 1874, (missp.)
Euphyse ; Anon., 1971, (missp.)
Eupheys ; Ramos, 1982, (missp.)
Euphes ; Raguso & Llorente, 1997, (missp.)
Euphyes (Hesperiinae) ; [NL4A, 67]

Euphyes peneia (Godman, [1900])

Mexico, Panama, Trinidad, Peru. See [About maps] Lerema peneia Godman, [1900]; in Godman & Salvin, Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 555, 3: pl. 99, f. 48-49, TL: Panama, Chiriqui
Euphyes catioides Kaye, 1925; , TL: Trinidad

= ; [NL4A, #1595]

Atrytone? tristis Lindsey, 1925; , TL: Peru

= ; [NL4A, #1595]

Euphyes donahuei Freeman, 1967; J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 119, pl. 1, f., TL: 4 miles E of San Blas, Nayarit, Mexico

= ; [NL4A, #1595]

Euphyes peneia, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes peneia, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes peneia ; Freeman, 1969, J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 43 (note); [BOW: pl. 82, f. 57]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note); [NL4A, #1595]

483x515 (~28Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972

Brazil(Minas Gerais). See [About maps] Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972; , TL: Brazil, Minas Gerais
Euphyes eberti ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note); [NL4A, #1592]

Euphyes leptosema (Mabille, 1891)

Brazil(Rio Grande do Sul). See [About maps] Pamphila leptosema Mabille, 1891; , TL: Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul
Euphyes leptosema ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note); [NL4A, #1594]

Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972

Brazil(Paraná). See [About maps] Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972; , TL: Brazil, Paraná
Euphyes fumata ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note); [NL4A, #1593]

Euphyes singularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)

-. See [About maps] Goniloba singularis Herrich-Schäffer, 1865; , TL: Cuba
Euphyes singularis ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [NL4A, #1596]

E. s. singularis

Cuba Euphyes singularis singularis ; [NL4A, #1596a]

E. s. insolata (Butler, 1878)

Jamaica singularis insolata (Butler, 1878) (Pamphila); , TL: Jamaica
Hesperia aurinia Plötz, 1883; , TL: Jamaica

= ; [NL4A, #1596b]

insolita ; Longstaff, 1912, (missp.)
Euphyes singularis insolata ; [NL4A, #1596b]

Euphyes subferrugineus (Hayward, 1934)

-. See [About maps] Atrytone subferrugineus Hayward, 1934; , TL: Argentina
Euphyes subferruginea ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note)
Euphyes subferrugineus ; [NL4A, #1597]

E. s. subferrugineus

Argentina Euphyes subferrugineus subferrugineus ; [NL4A, #1597a]

E. s. biezankoi Mielke, 1972

Brazil(Paraná) subferrugineus biezankoi Mielke, 1972; , TL: Brazil, Paraná
Euphyes subferrugineus biezankoi ; [NL4A, #1597b]

Euphyes antra Evans, 1955

Peru, Guatemala. See [About maps] Euphyes antra Evans, 1955; , TL: Peru, Lima
Euphyes antra, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes antra, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes antra ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Austin, 1997, J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 325, f. 1-2, 14, 20; [NL4A, #1587]

Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955

Venezuela. See [About maps] Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955; , TL: Venezuela
Euphyes cherra ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [NL4A, #1590]

Euphyes dion (Edwards, 1879)

E.USA, Texas. See [About maps] Dion Skipper
Pamphila dion Edwards, 1879; Can. Ent. 11: 238
palatka (Scudder, 1889); (not Edwards, 1867)
Euphyes macquirei Freeman, 1975; J. Lep. Soc. 29 (4): (227-229), TL: Benbrook res., Tarrant Co., Texas
Euphyes dion, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes dion, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes macquirei ; [NACL, #4076]
Limochroes dion ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 55
Atrytone dion ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 18]
Euphyes dion ; [NACL, #4072]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

E. d. alabamae (Lindsey, 1923)

Euphyes alabamae ; [NACL, #4073]
Euphyes dion alabamae ; [Opler]

Euphyes dukesi (Lindsey, 1923)

Virginia - Florida, Louisiana - Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, S.Ontario, SE.Texas. See [About maps] Dukes' Skipper
Euphyes dukesi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Atrytone dukesi ;
Euphyes dukesi ; [NACL, #4074]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Larva on Carex, Carex lacustris, C. hyalinolepis, C. lurida, C. walteriana, C. lupulina?, Rhynchospora inundata, R. miliacea? Calhoun, 1995, J. Lep. Soc. 49 (1): (6-23)

E. d. dukesi

NA.Georgia, N.Florida

E. d. calhouni Shuey, 1996

Florida Euphyes dukesi calhouni Shuey, 1996; J. Lep. Soc. 50 (1): 46, TL: Florida, Pasco Co., Cabbage Swamp

Larva on Rhynchospora inundata, R. miliacea, Carex sp. Shuey, 1996, J. Lep. Soc. 50 (1): 50

Euphyes pilatka (Edwards, 1867)

Virginia - Florida, Missisippi. See [About maps] Palatka Skipper Saw-grass Skipper
Hesperia pilatka Edwards, 1867; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 1: 287
?palatka (?Edwards, 1867)
floridanensis (Plötz, 1883)
Limochroes palatka ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 55
Atrytone pilatka ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 22]
Euphyes pilatka ; [NACL, #4071]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Larva on Mariscus jamicensis [NAB]

E. p. klotsi Miller, Harvey & Miller, 1985

Florida Keys Euphyes pilatka klotsi Miller, Harvey & Miller, 1985; Florida Entomol. 68: (323-335), TL: Florida Keys

Euphyes berryi (Bell, 1941)

Florida - NA.Georgia. See [About maps] Berry's Skipper Florida Swamp Skipper
Euphyes berryi, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Atrytone berryi ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 17 (text)]
Euphyes berryi ; [NACL, #4075]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Euphyes conspicua (Edwards, 1863)

E.USA. See [About maps] Black Dash
pontiac (Edwards, 1863); Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 17
orono (Scudder, 1872)
Euphyes conspicua, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Limochroes pontiac ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 55
Atrytone conspicua ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 17]
Euphyes conspicuus ; [NACL, #4074]
Euphyes conspicua ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Larva on Carex? [NAB]

E. c. buchholzi (Ehrlich & Gillham, 1951)

Euphyes conspicua buchholzi, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes conspicuus buchholzi ; [NACL, #4074a]

Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852)

N.Mexico, California - Washington, S.Canada, ENA. See [About maps] Dun Skipper Sedge Witch Dun Sedge Skipper
Hesperia vestris Boisduval, 1852; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 317, TL: Meadow Valley, Plumas Co., California
ruricola (Boisduval, 1852); Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (2) 10: 350
Euphyes vestris, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Atrytone ruricola ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 49
?Hesperia ruricola ; [BOW: pl. 22, f. 8]
Euphyes ruricola ; [NACL, #4078]
Euphyes vestris ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 53; [BOC, 104]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1598]

Larva on Cyperus esculentus, Carex heliophila [NAB]

E. v. vestris

California, ...? Pamphila osceola Lintner, 1878; , TL: USA(California)

= ; [NL4A, #1598a]

Pamphila californica Mabille, 1883; , TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1598a]

osceloa ; Bell, 1938, (missp.)
Euphyes vestris vestris ; [NL4A, #1598a]

E. v. metacomet (Harris, 1862)

Massachusetts, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico, ...? Hesperia metacomet Harris, 1862; Treatise Ins. injur. Veget. (Flint's ed.): 317, TL: "Massachusetts"
Pamphila rurea Edwards, 1862; , TL: Illinois

= ; [NL4A, #1598c]

Hesperia osyka Edwards, 1867; Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 1: 288, TL: Louisiana

= ; [NL4A, #1598c]

Hesperia baeis Scudder, 1889; (nom. nud.)

= ; [NL4A, #1598c]

Pamphila vestris var. immaculatus Williams, 1914; , TL: USA(New Mexico)

= ; [NL4A, #1598c]

Euphyes vestris metacomet, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes vestris metacomet, Butterflies of America [BOA]

oskya ; Strecker, 1878, (missp.) meta-comet ; Silver, 1888, (missp.) Euphyes osyka ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 54 metacommet ; McAlpine, 1918, (missp.)

boeis ; dos Passos, 1964, (missp.) Euphyes ruricola metacomet ; [NACL, #4078a] Euphyes vestris metacomet ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 53; [NL4A, #1598c]

E. v. kiowah (Reakirt, 1866)

kiowah (Reakirt, 1866); , TL: "Rokcy Mountains"

E. v. harbisoni Brown & McGuire, 1983

California Euphyes vestris harbisoni Brown & McGuire, 1983; Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: (57-68), TL: S.California
Euphyes vestris harbisoni, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes vestris harbisoni, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes ruricola harbisoni ;
Euphyes vestris harbisoni ; [NL4A, #1598b]

Euphyes chamuli Freeman, 1969

Mexico. See [About maps] Euphyes chamuli Freeman, 1969; J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 43, pl. 14, f. 1-2, pl. 10, f. 4, TL: Santa Rosa, Comitán, Chiapas, Mexico
Euphyes chamuli ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [NL4A, #1589]

Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867)

E.USA. See [About maps] Two-spotted Skipper
bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867); Ann. N.Y. Lyceum Nat. Hist., 8: 433
acanootus (Scudder, 1868)
illinois (Dodge, 1872)
contradicta (Leussler, 1933)
Euphyes bimacula, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Limochroes bimacula ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 55
Euphyes bimacula ; [NACL, #4077]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Larva on Carex [NAB]

Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1834])

Missisippi, Alabama, Florida, NA.Georgia. See [About maps] Palmetto Skipper
arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1834]); Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (11-22): pl. 63 (1835)
Euphyes arpa, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Limochroes arpa ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 55
?Atrytone aspa[sic] ; [BOW: pl. 21, f. 16 (missp.?)]
Euphyes arpa ; [NACL, #4070]; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; [Opler]

Larva on Serenoa repens [NAB]

Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955

Honduras. See [About maps] Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955; , TL: Honduras
Euphyes ampa ; Shuey, 1993, J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261; Steinhauser & Warren, [2002], J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 160 (note); [NL4A, #1586]

Euphyes canda Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]

W.Mexico. See [About maps] Euphyes canda Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]; J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 158, f. 1-4, TL: Mexico, Oxaca, 2miles N of Candelaria, 1800ft
Euphyes canda, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Euphyes canda, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Euphyes canda ; [NL4A, #1588]

3.8.2008 (21)

References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOC]

Robert Michael Pyle, 2002; The Butterflies of Cascadia

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[John Shuey]

e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[NAB]

Pyle, R. M.; National Audubon Society: Field Guide to North American Butterflies; 1981; ISBN 0-394-51914-0

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

Some related literature:

Austin, 1997

Notes on Hesperiidae in northern Guatemala, with description of new taxa J. Lep. Soc. 51 (4): 316-332

Boisduval & Le Conte, [1834]

Histoire générale et iconographie des lépidoptčres et des chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale Hist. Lép. Am. Sept. (1): 1-16. pl. 1-3 (1829), (2): 17-24, pl. 4-6 (1829), (3/4): 25-40, pl. 7-12 ([1830]), (5/6): 41-56, pl. 13-18 ([1830]), (7/8): 57-80, pl. 19-24 ([1830]), (9/10): 81-100, pl. 25-30 (1833), (11-22): 101-196, pl. 31-65 ([1835]), (23-26): 197-228, pl. 66-78 ([1837])

Brown & McGuire, 1983

A new subspecies of Euphyes vestris (Boisduval) from southern California (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Trans. San Diego Soc. Nat. Hist. 20: 57-68

Calhoun, 1995

The biogeography and ecology of Euphyes dukesi in Florida J. Lep. Soc. 49 (1): 6-23

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp

Edwards, 1863

Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera, found within the limits of the United States and British America. (1) Proc. ent. Soc. Philad. 2 (1): 14-22, pl. 1

Edwards, 1867

Descriptions of certain species of diurnal Lepidoptera found in the United States Trans. amer. ent. Soc. 1: 286-288

Edwards, 1879

Description of a new species of Pamphila Can. Ent. 11: 238-239

Freeman, 1967

Three new species of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2): 115-119

Freeman, 1969

Records, new species, and new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 23 (Suppl. 2): 62pp

Freeman, 1973

A review of Amblyscirtes with the description of new species from Mexico J. Lep. Soc. 27: 40-57

Freeman, 1975

A new species of Euphyes from Texas (Hesperiidae) J. Lep. Soc. 29 (4): 227-229

Godman in Godman & Salvin, [1900]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Harris, 1862

A treatise on some of the insects injurious to vegetation (3rd edn.): 640pp, 8 pls Treatise Ins. injur. Veget. (Flint's ed.): 313-315,317

Miller, Harvey & Miller, 1985

Notes on the genus Euphyes, with description of a new subspecies (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae) Florida Entomol. 68: 323-335

Scudder, 1872

A systematic Revision of some of the American Butterflies; with brief notes on those known to occur in Essex County, Mass. 4th Ann. Rep. Peabody Acad. Sci. (1871): 24-83

Shuey, 1989

The morpho-species concept of Euphyes dion with the description of a new species (Hesperiidae) J. Res. Lepid. 27 (3-4): 160-172

Shuey, 1993

Phylogeny and biogeography of Euphyes Scudder (Hesperiidae) J. Lep. Soc. 47 (4): 261-278

Shuey, 1996

Another new Euphyes from the southern United States coastal plain (Hesperiidae) J. Lep. Soc. 50 (1): 46-53

Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]

A new species of Euphyes Scudder from western Mexico (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) J. Lep. Soc. 55 (4): 158-161

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