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Hesperiidae 77a0301 – 4079   Choranthus capucinus (Lucas, 1857)

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Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: capucinus (Lucas, 1857) (Eudamus) palaea (Hewitson, 1868) (Hesperia) sandarac (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Goniloba) Taxonomic Notes: Choranthus capucinus (Lucas, 1857), n. comb., is teated as a member of the genus Asbolis in Pelham (in Pohl & Nanz (eds.) 2023) which apparently overlooked the synonymy of Asbolis and Choranthus in Zhang et al. (2022), Insecta Mundi 0921: 89.

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, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi, 0921: 1-184.

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