Lon (butterfly)

Lon is a genus of skipper butterflies (family Hesperiidae) found in North and South America.[1][2] The genus was erected in 2019 by Nick V. Grishin.[1] The name derives from the last syllable of the type species name.[1]

Lon
Male Zabulon skipper, Lon zabulon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Hesperiina
Genus: Lon
Grishin, 2019

Species

As of 2019, the genus includes 10 species:[1]

  • Lon zabulon (Boisduval and Le Conte, 1837) – Zabulon skipper, type species
  • Lon hobomok (T. Harris, 1862) – Hobomok skipper
  • Lon inimica (Butler and Druce, 1872) – yellow-stained skipper
  • Lon taxiles (Edwards, 1881) – golden skipper
  • Lon azin (Godman, 1900)
  • Lon macneilli (Burns, 1992) – Macneill's skipper
  • Lon ulphila (Plötz, 1883) – ulphila skipper
  • Lon monticola (Godman, 1900) – oyamel skipper
  • Lon niveolimbus (Mabille, 1889) – snow-fringed skipper
  • Lon melane (Edwards, 1869) – umber skipper

References

  1. Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick V. (11 October 2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. "Lon Grishin, 2019". GBIF. Retrieved 5 August 2021.
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