Choranthus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
| Choranthus | |
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| C. capucinus Grand Cayman[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Anthoptina |
| Genus: | Choranthus Scudder, [1872] |
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Species
editRecognised species in the genus Choranthus include:[2]
- Choranthus antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)
- Choranthus borincona (Watson, 1937)
- Choranthus capucinus (Lucas, 1857)
- Choranthus haitensis Skinner, 1920
- Choranthus jamaicensis (Schaus, 1902)
- Choranthus lilliae E. Bell, 1931
- Choranthus melissa Gali, 1983
- Choranthus orientis (Skinner, 1920)
- Choranthus radians Lucas, 1857
- Choranthus richmondi Miller, [1966]
- Choranthus vitellius Fabricius, 1793
References
edit- ^ R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, p. 125
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.