Decinea

Decinea
Double-dotted skipper (D. percosius)
Lucifer skipper (D. lucifer) female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus:
Evans, 1955 [1]

Decinea is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Decinea include:[2]

  • Decinea antus (Mabille, 1895)[2]
  • Decinea colombiana Grishin, 2022)[2]
  • Decinea dama (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Decinea decinea (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Decinea denta Evans, 1955[2]
  • Decinea formosus (Hayward, 1940)
  • Decinea huasteca (Freeman, 1969)[2]
  • Decinea lydora (Plötz, 1882)
  • Decinea milesi (Weeks, 1901)
  • Decinea notata Grishin, 2023
  • Decinea onasima (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Decinea zapota Evans, 1955

Since transferred

  • Decinea neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) => Lindra neroides (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  • Decinea lucifer (Hübner, [1831]) => Oligoria lucifer (Hübner, [1831])
  • Decinea mammaea (Hewitson, 1876) => Testia mammaea (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Decinea mustea Freeman, 1979 => Oligoria mustea (Freeman, 1979)
  • Decinea percosius (Godman, 1900) => Oligoria percosius (Godman, 1900)
  • Decinea rindgei Freeman, 1969 => Oligoria rindgei (Freeman, 1969)

References

  1. ^ Evans, 1955 A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae, indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. Part IV. Hesperiinae and Megathyminae Cat. amer. Hesp. Brit. Mus. 4: 499pp, pls. 54-88
  2. ^ a b c d e Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352. Archived from the original on 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2023-01-13.