Burnsius

Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.

Burnsius
male B. orcus, Tobago
female B. orcus, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Burnsius
Grishin, 2019

As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.[2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:[2][3]

  • Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
  • Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
  • Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
  • Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
  • Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
  • Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
  • Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)

References

  1. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (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.
  2. Zhang, J; Cong, Q; Burns, JM; Grishin, NV (2022). "Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini)". Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv. 10 (5): 5. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6510282. PMC 9076161. PMID 35530660.
  3. Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).

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