Choranthus antiqua

Caribbean skipper
In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choranthus
Species:
C. antiqua
Binomial name
Choranthus antiqua
Synonyms[1]
  • Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)

Choranthus antiqua, the Caribbean skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It can be found on the island of Hispaniola in the countries of Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]

Taxonomy

Originally conspecific with the Cuban skipper, Choranthus orientis, in a now inactive taxon, Pyrrhocalles antiqua, the species was split and the genus was renamed in 2022.[3]

References

  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354.
  2. ^ "Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354.


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