History: Plaque to be unveiled for McGlashan butterfly collection sierrasun. Where do Edwards' Hairstreaks go when there is no nectar? The answer may be galling to everyone who thinks this is… /i/web/status/1… 1 week ago Habitat shifts affect brain structure in Amazonian butterflies, according to study bristol.ac.uk/news/2022/july… via… /i/web/status/1… 5 days ago news-releases/… via… /i/web/status/1… 5 days agoīright Future For Rare Victorian Butterfly / The future of a critically endangered Victorian species of butterfly i… /i/web/status/1… 5 days ago Northern Cloudywing (Thorybes pylades) Confused Cloudywing (Thorybes. These new hawk moths from The Bahamas are potentially the smallest ever discovered. Taxonomy follows A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Mar 2019, 116 (13) Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns.
Crazy, right?Ĭheck out the full listing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences for other changes to Hesperiid taxonomy: Sonoran and Chisos Banded Skippers, though, go to Cecreopterus with Hoary Edge. Golden Banded Skipper – Autochton cellus is now Telegonus cellus It goes in yet another new genus with the group of skippers known as flashers: The other eastern skipper often thought of as closely allied with Silver-spotted Skipper and Hoary Edge is Golden Banded Skipper. Not even close to Silver-spotted Skipper, with which it can be confused at first glance in the field with Hoary Edge, at least from the dorsal view. Hoary Edge – Achalarus lyciades is now Cecropterus lyciades Northern Cloudywing – Thorybes pylades is now Cecropterus pyladesĬonfused Cloudywing – Thorybes confusis is now Cecropterus confusisĪnd guess what else goes in this new Cecropterus genus? I never would have: Southern Cloudywing – Thorybes bathyllus is now Cecropterus bathyllus
oileus) eastern US taxa affected include (numbers refer to their placement in the Pelham catalogue): In addition to Burnsius species ( communis, albescens, and the Tropical Checkered Skipper, B. Most changes involve tropical species, but there are a number of US species in the mix as well. The changes are all detailed in the 120-page appendix. In all, the paper created 24 new taxa: 6 tribes, 6 subtribes, 9 genera, and 3 subgenera. While creating a new genus, Burnsius, for some of the Pyrgus checkered skippers, Li et al in the PNAS paper discussed in the previous post also covered some 250 other skippers. Hoary Edge, formerly known as Achalarus lyciades, now placed in the genus Cecropterus with the bulk of the cloudywings.