Telegonus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina.[1] It has been the subject of recent revision, and now includes several species formerly in Astraptes, Autochton and Urbanus.[1]
| Telegonus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Eudamina |
| Genus: | Telegonus Hübner, [1819] |
Species
editRecognised species in the genus Telegonus include:[2]
- Telegonus cassander Fabricius, 1793
- Telegonus cassius Evans, [1952]
- Telegonus cellus Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]
- Telegonus cretellus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
- Telegonus galesus Mabille, 1888
- Telegonus subflavus Grishin, 2022
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ 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.
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