Taxonavigation

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrginae
Tribus: Erynnini
Subtribus: Erynnina
Genus: Erynnis
Species: E. brizo – E. icelus – E. marloyi – E. mercurius – E. montanus – E. pacuvius – E. pathan – E. pelias – E. popoviana – E. tages

Name

Erynnis Schrank, 1801: 152, 157.

Type species: Papilio tages Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent designation by Scudder, 1872: 71.

References

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