''Euriphellus'' is a genus of
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeogra ...
butterflies 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 the 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 ...
.
The genus was separated from ''
Dyscophellus
''Dyscophellus'' is a genus of largely Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus has been the subject of recent revisions based on genome analysis. It is currently placed in tribe (biology), tribe Phocidini within the subfamily ...
'' by
George Traut Austin in 2008, and originally contained a single species, ''Euriphellus euribates''. Since then, several other species have been transferred to the genus.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Euriphellus'':
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Euriphellus lama''
(Evans, 1952)
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Euriphellus phraxanor''
(Hewitson, 1876)
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Euriphellus mena''
(Evans, 1952)
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Euriphellus marian''
(Evans, 1952)
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Euriphellus euribates''
(Stoll, 1872)
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Euriphellus polygius''
(Latreille, 824
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Year 824 ( DCCCXXIV) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By date
* February 8 – The Tenchō era begins in Japan at the beginning of the reign of the Emperor Junna, bringing an end to the ...
References
*Austin, George T., 2008, ''Insecta Mundi'' 0029: 1-36. Full article:
Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Taxonomic comments on “night” skippers, with descriptions of new genera and species (Lepidoptera: Eudaminae)
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa described in 2008
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