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Hesperiidae
77a0102 – 3936   Xenophanes ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895
Distribution Data for Xenophanes ruatanensis
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Synonymy:
  • ruatanensis Godman & Salvin 1895 (Xenophanes); Type locality: Honduras: Roatán Island
  • perplexus Bell 1942 (Xenophanes)
  • trixus Miller & Brown 1983 (Xenophanes)
  • tryxus of authors not Stoll, in: Cramer [1780] (Papilio)
  • Taxonomic Notes: Xenophanes ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895 is raised from synonymy of Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780) to full species status in Zhang et al. (2022). "True" tryxus is extralimital north of Mexico.
    References
    • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
    • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
    • Species Page at the Butterflies of America
    • Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.

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