''Echelatus'' is a genus of spread-wing
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 ...
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It is
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 ...
, being represented by the single species ''Echelatus sempiternus'', the common bluevent, which is found in North America.
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Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:
* ''Echelatus sempiternus dilloni'' Bell & Comstock, 1948
* ''Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus'' (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
* ''Echelatus sempiternus simplicior'' Möschler, 1876
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Further reading
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Hesperiidae genera
Hesperiidae
Pyrginae
Taxa described in 1894
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
Monotypic butterfly genera
Butterflies of North America
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