Ernsta

{{Short description|Genus of butterflies}}

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| image = Spialia colotes transvaaliae - inat 1068915.jpg

| image_caption = Ernsta colotes, South Africa

| taxon = Ernsta (butterfly)

| authority = Grishin, 2020

| display_parents = 3

| subdivision_ranks = Subgenera

| subdivision =

: Delaga Grishin, 2020

: Ernsta Grishin, 2020

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Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.

Species

These species belong to the genus Ernsta:

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References

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{{Cite journal

| title = A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)

| date = 2020

| last1 = Zhang | first1 = Jing

| last2 = Brockmann | first2 = Ernst

| last3 = Cong | first3 = Qian

| last4 = Shen | first4 = Jinhui

| last5 = Grishin | first5 = Nick V.

| display-authors = 4

| journal = Zootaxa

| volume = 4748| issue = 1

| pages = zootaxa.4748.1.10

| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10| pmid = 32230093

| pmc = 8018707

| doi-access = free

}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Cite journal

| title = Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns

| date = 2019

| 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.

| display-authors = 4

| journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

| volume = 116| issue = 13

| pages = 6232–6237

| doi = 10.1073/pnas.1821304116

| pmid = 30877254

| bibcode = 2019PNAS..116.6232L

| doi-access = free

| pmc = 6442542

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Category:Carcharodini

Category:Hesperiidae of South America

Category:Taxa described in 2020

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