Taxonavigation

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Eudaminae
Tribus: Eudamini
Subtribus: Loboclina
Genus: Ridens
Species (20): R. allyni – R. bidens – R. biolleyi – R. bridgmani – R. crison – R. fieldi – R. fulima – R. fulminans – R. harpagus – R. mephitis – R. mercedes – R. miltas – R. nora – R. pacasa – R. panche – R. philistus – R. ridens – R. telegonoides – R. toddi – R. tristis

Name

Ridens Evans, 1952.

Type species: Eudamus ridens Hewitson, 1876.

References

• Austin, G.T., 1998. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Ridens and the proteus group of Urbanus, with descriptions of new species (Pyrginae). Journal of the Lepidoptersts' Society 52(2): 166–176. Reference page. 

• Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page. 

• Freeman, H.A. 1969. Records, new species, and a new genus of Hesperiidae from Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 23(suppl. 2): 1–64. Reference page. 

• Freeman, H. A., 1979. Nine new species and seven new records of Mexican Hesperiidae. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 52: 1-13. Reference page. 

• Grishin, N.V. 2019. Expanded phenotypic diagnoses for 24 recently named new taxa of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). The Taxonomic Report 8(1): 1–15. PDF. Reference page. 

• Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page. 

• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

• Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page. 

• Steinhauser, S.R. 1974. Notes on neotropical Nymphalidae and Hesperiidae with descriptions of new species and subspecies and a new genus. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 22: 1–38 (PDF). Reference page.