''Ectomis'' is a genus of
Neotropical
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Definition
In biogeogra ...
and
Nearctic
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The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
butterflies in the family
Hesperiidae
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(
Eudaminae
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).
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Ectomis'':
* ''Ectomis'' (''Asina'')
** ''
Ectomis gyges''
Evans, 1952 - Venezuela, Peru
**''
Ectomis hirtius''
(Butler, 1870) - Venezuela
**''
Ectomis roma''
Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru
**''
Ectomis asine''
(Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico through Central America to Peru
**''
Ectomis mexicanus''
Freeman, 1969 - Mexico, Texas
* ''Ectomis'' (''Ectomis'')
**''
Ectomis octomaculata''
(Sepp, 844
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Year 844 ( DCCCXLIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Mauropotamos: A Byzantine expedition under Theoktistos is sent to Anatolia (mod ...
- Mexico, Guatemala to Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Argentina
**''
Ectomis maizae''
(Hellebuyck, 1998) - Nicaragua
**''
Ectomis auginus''
(Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico, Guyana,
French Guiana
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, Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
**''
Ectomis ceculus''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
**''
Ectomis caunus''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Mexico, Paraguay
**''
Ectomis metallescens''
(Mabille, 1888) - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
**''
Ectomis kanshul''
(Shuey, 1991) - Mexico, Panama
**''
Ectomis eudoxus''
(Stoll, 1781) - Suriname
**''
Ectomis minvanes''
(Williams, 1926) - Brazil (Mato Grosso)
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Ectomis labriaris''
(Butler, 1877) - Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia)
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Ectomis cythna''
(Hewitson, 1878)
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Ectomis speculum''
(Austin, 2008)
**''
Ectomis teutas''
(Hewitson, 1876)
**''
Ectomis pervivax''
(Hübner, 819
__NOTOC__
Year 819 ( DCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Spring – Emperor Louis I marries Judith of Bavaria in Aachen.Rogers, Barbara, Bernhard W. Scholz, and Nithard ...
**''
Ectomis bahiana''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (
Bahia
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,
Pará
Pará () is a Federative units of Brazil, state of Brazil, located in northern Brazil and traversed by the lower Amazon River. It borders the Brazilian states of Amapá, Maranhão, Tocantins (state), Tocantins, Mato Grosso, Amazonas (Brazilian st ...
), Peru, Venezuela
**''
Ectomis orphne''
(Plötz, 1881) - Brazil (
Rio de Janeiro
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)
**''
Ectomis otriades''
(Hewitson, 1867) - Brazil (
Amazonas)
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Ectomis epicincea''
(Butler & Druce, 1872) - Mexico, Costa Rica
**''
Ectomis perniciosus''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Colombia, Brazil
**''
Ectomis cuminaensis''
(d'Almeida, 1976) - Brazil (Pará)
**''
Ectomis orpheus''
(Plötz, 1881) - Brazil (Pará)
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Ectomis perna''
(Evans, 1952) - Colombia
**''
Ectomis albovenae''
(Bell, 1932) -
Santa Catarina, Brazil
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
images representing ''Polythrix'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Hesperiidae
Hesperiidae of South America
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Paul Mabille
Taxa described in 1878
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