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Genus of butterflies

Oechydrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Typhedanina
Genus: Oechydrus
Watson, 1893

Oechydrus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Species

There are two species recognised in the genus Oechydrus:

  • Oechydrus chersis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
    • O. c. chersis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Bolivia
    • O. c. ochrilinea (Schaus, 1902) - Peru
    • O. c. rufus Evans, 1953 - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Oechydrus evelinda (Butler, 1870) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)

References

  1. Funet
  2. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

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Taxon identifiers
Oechydrus


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