''Atrytonopsis'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the
skipper family, Hesperiidae. They are native to
Mexico
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and the southwestern United States.
[Warren, A. D. (2011)]
A new species of ''Atrytonopsis'' from Jalisco, Mexico (Lepidoptera, Hesperiidae, Hesperiinae, Hesperiini).
''Trop Lepid Res'' 21(1) 1-6.
Species include:
*''
Atrytonopsis austinorum''
[ Warren, 2011
*'' Atrytonopsis cestus'' (Edwards, 1884) – cestus skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis deva'' (Edwards, 1876) – Deva skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis edwardsi'' Barnes & McDunnough, 1916
*'' Atrytonopsis frappenda'' (Dyar, 1920)
*'' Atrytonopsis hianna'' (Scudder, 1868) – dusted skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis loammi'' (Whitney, 1876)
*'' Atrytonopsis lunus'' (Edwards, 1884) – moon-marked skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis ovinia'' (Hewitson, ]866
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Events
By place
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*'' Atrytonopsis pittacus'' (Edwards, 1882) – white-barred skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis python'' (Edwards, 1882) – python skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis quinteri'' Burns, 2015
*'' Atrytonopsis vierecki'' (Skinner, 1902) – Viereck's skipper
*'' Atrytonopsis zweifeli'' Freeman, 1969
References
External links
''Atrytonopsis''.
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
''Atrytonopsis''.
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera Database.
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Hesperiini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa described in 1900
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