''Tarsoctenus'' 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 ...
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Funet
/ref> in which it is placed in tribe Entheini
The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae). Their original type genus ''Eudamus'' is today a junior synonym of ''Urbanus''. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North Americ ...
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Species
*'' Tarsoctenus corytus'' (Cramer, 777 Suriname to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
**''T. corytus corytus'' Suriname
**''T. corytus corba'' Evans, 1952 Peru
**''T. corytus gaudialis'' (Hewitson, 1876) Panama
*'' Tarsoctenus papias'' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
*'' Tarsoctenus praecia '' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil
**''T. praecia praecia'' Brazil (Pará)
**''T. praecia plutia'' (Hewitson, 1857) Brazil (Amazonas)
**''T. praecia rufibasis '' Boullet, 1910 French Guiana
French Guiana, or Guyane in French, is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France located on the northern coast of South America in the Guianas and the West Indies. Bordered by Suriname to the west ...
**''T. praecia luna'' Evans, 1952 Bolivia
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
images representing ''Tarsoctenus'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Eudaminae
Hesperiidae of South America
Lepidoptera of Brazil
Lepidoptera of French Guiana
Butterflies of Central America
Fauna of the Amazon
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Edward Yerbury Watson
Taxa described in 1893
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