Tarsoctenus corytus

Tarsoctenus corytus
	Depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Tarsoctenus
Species:	T. corytus
Binomial name
	Tarsoctenus corytus; (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
	Papilio corytus Cramer, [1777]; Papilio pyramus Cramer, 1779; Erycides gaudialis Hewitson, 1876; Erycides perissographus Mabille, 1889; Tarsoctenus dubius Draudt, 1921;

Tarsoctenus corytus is a Neotropical species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae.[1][2] It was described by Pieter Cramer from Suriname, in Volume II of De uitlandsche Kapellen published posthumously in 1779.

Subspecies

Tarsoctenus corytus corytus (Suriname)
Tarsoctenus corytus corba Evans, 1952 (Peru)
Tarsoctenus corytus gaudialis (Hewitson, 1876) (Panama)

References

Funet
Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tarsoctenus corytus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

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[1] Funet

[2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Tarsoctenus corytus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.