Rhinthon (butterfly)
Rhinthon is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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Osca skipper, R. cubana osca, Tobago
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Branded skipper, R. cubana cubana, Jamaica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Hesperiidae |
Subtribe: | Moncina |
Genus: | Rhinthon Godman, [1900] |
Species
Recognised species in the genus Rhinthon include:[1]
- Rhinthon bajula (Schaus, 1902)
- Rhinthon braesia (Hewitson, 1867)
- Rhinthon cubana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865)
- Rhinthon molion Godman, 1901
- Rhinthon osca Plötz, 1882
Former species
- Rinthon [sic] advena Draudt, 1923 - transferred to Tricrista advena (Draudt, 1923)
References
- Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi.
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