''Burnsius'' is a genus of
New World
The term "New World" is used to describe the majority of lands of Earth's Western Hemisphere, particularly the Americas, and sometimes Oceania."America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: ...
checkered-skippers in the
butterfly
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 ...
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 ...
. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus ''Burnsius'' was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus ''
Pyrgus
''Pyrgus'' is a genus in the skippers butterfly family, Hesperiidae, known as the grizzled skippers. The name "checkered" or "chequered skipper" may also be applied to some species, but also refers to species in the genera '' Burnsius'' and '' C ...
''.
[ As of 2022, there were 14 species in ''Burnsius''.][
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Species
These 14 species belong to the genus ''Burnsius'':[
* '' Burnsius adepta'' (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius albezens'' Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius brenda'' (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius burnsi'' Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius chloe'' (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius communis'' (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
* '' Burnsius crisia'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius notatus'' (Blanchard, 1852)
* '' Burnsius oileus'' (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
* '' Burnsius orcus'' (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius orcynoides'' (Giacomelli, 1928)
* '' Burnsius orcynus'' Grishin, 2022
* '' Burnsius philetas'' (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
* '' Burnsius titicaca'' (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)
]
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Pyrgini
Taxa described in 2019
Hesperiidae genera
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