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Aguna (butterfly)
''Aguna'' is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Aguna'': * ''Aguna albistria'' (Plötz, 1880) ** ''A. albistria albistria'' (Mabille, 1888) – Brazil ** ''A. albistria leucogramma'' (Mabille, 1888) – southeast Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela (Suriname?) * ''Aguna asander'' (Hewitson, 1867) – gold-spotted aguna – type locality Brazil ** ''A. asander asander'' (Hewitson, 1867) – southern U.S. (as stray) to Argentina ** ''A. asander haitensis'' (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) – Cuba and Hispaniola ** ''A. asander jasper'' Evans, 1952 – Jamaica * ''Aguna aurunce'' Hewitson, 1867 – type locality Brazil ** ''A. aurunce aurunce'' (Plötz, 1880) ** ''A. aurunce hypozonius'' (Plötz, 1880) – south east Mexico to Venezuela * ''Aguna camagura'' (R. Williams, 1926) – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna cirrus'' Evans, 1952 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna claxon'' E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Xavier Williams
Francis Xavier Williams (6 August 1882, Martinez, California – 16 December 1967, Chula Vista, California) was an American entomologist. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from St. Ignatius College (now known as the University of San Francisco) in 1903, a BA from Stanford University, his MA from the University of Kansas in 1912 and his Doctorate of Science from Harvard University in 1915. He participated as entomologist in a 17-month (1905–1906) expedition to the Galápagos Islands, collecting about 4,000 insects, including many new species. In 1917, he moved to Honolulu to work for 32 years for the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Association. Before he left, he gave his collection of nearly 8000 specimens and his library of 649 books and journals to the California Academy of Sciences The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, that is among the largest List of natural history museums, museums of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |