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Echelatus sempiternus
E. sempiternus ssp. sempiternus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Echelatus Godman & Salvin,
Species:	E. sempiternus
Binomial name
Echelatus sempiternus (Butler & Druce, 1872)
Synonyms
(Species) Achlyodes sempiternus Butler & Druce, 1872 Anastrus sempiternus (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Echelatus is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Echelatus sempiternus, the common bluevent, which is found in North America.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

• Echelatus sempiternus dilloni Bell & Comstock, 1948
• Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
• Echelatus sempiternus simplicior Möschler, 1876

References

1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
2. "Anastrus sempiternus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
3. "Anastrus sempiternus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
4. "Anastrus sempiternus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

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