Heliopetes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.[2][3]
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| Heliopetes arsalte, veined white-skipper | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Heliopetes Billberg, 1820[1] |
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Species
editThese species belong to the genus Heliopetes:[4]
- Heliopetes alana (Reakirt, 1868) (alana white-skipper)
- Heliopetes americanus (Blanchard, 1852)
- Heliopetes arsalte (Linnaeus, 1758) (veined white-skipper)
- Heliopetes chimbo Evans, 1953
- Heliopetes domicella (Erichson, 1849) (Erichson's white-skipper)
- Heliopetes ericetorum (Boisduval, 1852) (northern white-skipper)
- Heliopetes laviana (Hewitson, 1868) (laviana white-skipper)
- Heliopetes leucola (Hewitson, 1868)
- Heliopetes libra Evans, 1944
- Heliopetes macaira (Reakirt, 1867) (Turk's-cap white-skipper)
- Heliopetes marginata Hayward, 1940
- Heliopetes nivella (Mabille, 1883)
- Heliopetes ochroleuca J. Zikán, 1938
- Heliopetes omrina (A. Butler, 1870) (stained white-skipper)
- Heliopetes orbigera (Mabille, 1888)
- Heliopetes petrus (Hübner, [1819])
- Heliopetes purgia Schaus, 1902
- Heliopetes sublinea Schaus, 1902 (east-mexican white-skipper)
References
edit- ^ Heliopetes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Heliopetes genus Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ "Heliopetes". GBIF. Retrieved 2021-09-29.
- ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
- Bell, E.L., 1937: New genera and species of Neotropical Hesperiidae with notes on some others (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). American Museum Novitates 914: 1–17. Full article: [1].
- Evans, W.H. 1944: An analysis of the genus Heliopetes Billberg (Lepidoptera-Hesperiidae) with genitalia drawings. Entomol., London, 77: 179–185.
- Lamas, G., 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.
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External links
edit- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
- Heliopetes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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