''Erynnis'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
in the skippers
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 ...
, known as the duskywings. ''Erynnis'' is found in the
Neotropical realm
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropics, tropical Ecoregion#Terrestrial, terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperat ...
and across the
Palearctic
The Palearctic or Palaearctic is a biogeographic realm of the Earth, the largest of eight. Confined almost entirely to the Eastern Hemisphere, it stretches across Europe and Asia, north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa.
Th ...
, but the highest species diversity is in the
Nearctic
The Nearctic realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting the Earth's land surface.
The Nearctic realm covers most of North America, including Greenland, Central Florida, and the highlands of Mexico. The parts of North America ...
. The genus was erected by
Franz von Paula Schrank
Franz von Paula Schrank (21 August 1747, in Neuhaus am Inn, Vornbach – 22 December 1835) was a German priest, botanist and entomologist.
Biography
He was ordained as a priest in Vienna in 1784, gaining his doctorate in theology two years lat ...
in 1801.
Species and notable subspecies
Listed alphabetically:
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Erynnis afranius''
( Lintner, 1878) – Afranius duskywing
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Erynnis baptisiae''
(Forbes
''Forbes'' () is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917. It has been owned by the Hong Kong–based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014. Its chairman and editor-in-chief is Steve Forbes. The co ...
, 1936) – wild indigo duskywing
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Erynnis brizo''
( Boisduval & LeConte, 837
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Events
By place Byzantine Empire
* Byzantine–Arab War: Emperor Theophilos leads a massive Byzantine expeditionary force into Mesopotamia. ...
– sleepy duskywing
**''Erynnis brizo burgessi''
(Skinner, 1914) – Rocky Mountain sleepy duskywing
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Erynnis funeralis''
( Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – funereal duskywing
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Erynnis horatius
''Erynnis horatius'', commonly known as Horace's duskywing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the United States from Massachusetts to Florida, and west to eastern South Dakota, the Gulf Coast, south-eastern Utah ...
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(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Horace's duskywing
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Erynnis icelus''
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – dreamy duskywing
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Erynnis juvenalis''
(Fabricius Fabricius (, ) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
*people from the Ancient Roman Fabricia gens, gens Fabricia:
**Gaius Fabricius Luscinus, the first of the Fabricii to move to Rome
* Johann Goldsmid (1587–1616), known by his ...
, 1793) – Juvenal's duskywing
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Erynnis lucilius
''Erynnis lucilius'', the columbine duskywing, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America from southern Quebec to Manitoba and south to the north-eastern United States. It is part of the skipper family beca ...
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(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – columbine duskywing
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Erynnis martialis''
(Scudder, 1869) – mottled duskywing
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Erynnis marloyi''
( Boisduval, 834 – inky skipper
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Erynnis mercurius''
(Dyar, 1926) Mexico
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Erynnis montana''
( Bremer, 1861) South China, Formosa, Amur, Japan
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Erynnis meridianus''
Bell, 1927 – meridian duskywing – California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
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Erynnis pacuvius''
( Lintner, 878
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Events
By place Europe
* March–April – Wilfred the Hairy (ruler of the Catalan counties) with other supporters of Louis the St ...
– Pacuvius duskywing, Dyar's duskywing, or buckthorn dusky wing
**''Erynnis pacuvius callidus''
(Grinnell, 1905) – Californian – Pacuvius duskywing
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Erynnis pathan''
Evans, 1949 Ghissar, Chitral, North Baluchistan
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Erynnis pelias
''Erynnis'' is a genus in the skippers butterfly family Hesperiidae, known as the duskywings. ''Erynnis'' is found in the Neotropical realm and across the Palearctic realm, Palearctic, but the highest species diversity is in the Nearctic realm, N ...
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(Leech, 1891) West China, Arunachal Pradesh
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Erynnis persius''
(Scudder, 1863) – Persius duskywing or hairy duskywing
**''Erynnis persius fredericki''
(H. A. Freeman, 1943) – eastern Persius duskywing
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Erynnis popoviana
'' Erynnis popoviana'' is a small species of skipper butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the eastern Palearctic (Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri).
Description from Seitz
popoviana Nordm. (= sinina Gr.-G ...
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Nordmann, 1851 Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri
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Erynnis propertius''
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Propertius duskywing or western oak duskywing
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Erynnis scudderi''
(Skinner, 1914) – Scudder's duskywing – Mexico, Arizona
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Erynnis tages''
(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoologic ...
) – dingy skipper
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Erynnis telemachus
''Erynnis telemachus'', the Rocky Mountain duskywing, is a species of spread-wing skipper in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America.
References
Further reading
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External links
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Erynnis
Articles creat ...
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Burns, 1960 – Rocky Mountain duskywing – Arizona
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Erynnis tristis''
( Boisduval 1852) – mournful duskywing – Arizona, California,
New Mexico, Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Central America
**''Erynnis tristis tatius''
(W. H. Edwards, 1882) – Tatius duskywing – Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, to Colombia
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Erynnis zarucco''
( H. Lucas, 1857) – zarucco duskywing
References
External links
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Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility
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University of Colorado MuseumImages representing ''Erynnis''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
The Consortium for the Barcode of Life (CBOL) was an international initiative dedicated to supporting the development of DNA barcoding as a global standard for species identification. CBOL's Secretariat Office is hosted by the National Museum of ...
Distribution
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