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Autochton (butterfly)

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| image = Common banded skipper (Autochton neis) Antioquia.jpg

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A. neis, Colombia

| taxon = Autochton

| authority = Hübner, [1823]

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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  • Cecropterus (Hübner, 1818)
  • Autochthon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Ccropterus (W. F. Kirby, 1871)
  • Rhabdoides (Scudder, 1889)
  • Antochton (W. F. Kirby, 1912)
  • Oecropterus (Spitz, 1932)
  • Acropterus (Kaye, 1940)
  • Rhaboides (Hayward, 1947)
  • Authochton (Ramos, 1977)Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. {{ISBN|0-945417-28-4}}
  • Cabares Godman & Salvin, 1894

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Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Autochton:{{cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Wenlin |last2=Cong |first2=Qian |last3=Shen |first3=Jinhui |last4=Zhang |first4=Jing |last5=Hallwachs |first5=Winnie |last6=Janzen |first6=Daniel H. |last7=Grishin |first7=Nick V. |title=Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns |journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |date=26 March 2019 |volume=116 |issue=13 |doi=10.1073/pnas.1821304116 |pmid=30877254 |bibcode=2019PNAS..116.6232L |at=Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24 |doi-access=free |pmc=6442542 }}

References

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External links

  • [http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/TaxBrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=6788 Images representing Autochton at]
  • [http://www.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/butmoth/GenusList3.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&SUPERFAMIL=&FAMILYqtype=starts+with&FAMILY=hesperiidae&SUBFAMILYqtype=starts+with&SUBFAMILY=&TRIBEqtype=starts+with&TRIBE=&SUBTRIBEqtype=starts+with&SUBTRIBE=&GENUSqtype=starts+with&GENUS=&AUTHORqtype=starts+with&AUTHOR=&YEARqtype=equals&YEAR=&sort=GENUS Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database]

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Category:Eudaminae

Category:Hesperiidae of South America

Category:Hesperiidae genera

Category:Taxa named by Jacob Hübner

Category:Taxa described in 1823

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