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Hesperiidae
77a0102 – 3936   Xenophanes ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895
Distribution Data for Xenophanes ruatanensis
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Distribution: Type locality: Honduras: Roatán Island.
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Synonymy: Xenophanes ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895
Xenophanes perplexus Bell, 1942
Xenophanes trixus Miller & Brown, 1983
Papilio tryxus of authors, not Stoll, in: Cramer, [1780]
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: Some specimens shown may not be sequenced. DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness not proof of identification.
  • 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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