''Aurina'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a group of butterflies placed in the family Hesperiidae within the order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies). They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea, but have since been placed in the superfamily Papilion ...
, in which it is placed in tribe
Phocidini
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family (biology), family Hesperiidae). Their original biological type, type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus (genus), Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotrop ...
.
Species
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Aurina azines''
(Hewitson, 1867)
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Aurina dida''
Evans, 1937 - "Ivory Coast" but possibly Guianas
Taxonomy
Previously considered
monotypic
In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...
, the genus now contains two species: ''Aurina dida''
Evans, 1937, which was described from the "Ivory Coast"
(but where the original locality is dubious as could be ascribed to mislabelling after transit of historical specimens to Europe from collections in South America via the West African coast) and ''Aurina azines''
(Hewitson, 1867), transferred from genus ''
Oileides'',
which is found in South America.
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by William Harry Evans
Taxa described in 1937
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