Chirgus

Chirgus is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, found in the New World. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in Chirgus.

Chirgus
Chirgus fides, Chile
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Chirgus
Grishin, 2019

As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genera Chirgus was created to contain six related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1]

Species

These six species belong to the genus Chirgus:

  • Chirgus barrosi (Ureta, 1956)
  • Chirgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Chirgus fides (Hayward, 1940)
  • Chirgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876)
  • Chirgus nigella (Weeks, 1902)
  • Chirgus veturius (Plötz, 1884)

References

  1. 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.

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