Oarisma

Oarisma
Oarisma minima, México
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Subtribe: Thymelicina
Genus:
Scudder, 1872
Synonyms[1]
  • Copaeodes Speyer, 1877
  • Paradopaea Godman, 1900

Oarisma is a genus of grass skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Oarisma, found in the Americas.[2][1][3]

In 2019, the Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey published information placing species of the genus Copaeodes into Oarisma. These species are still sometimes treated as members of the (former) genus Copaeodes.[4][2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Oarisma:[2]

  • Oarisma aurantiaca (Hewitson, 1868) (orange skipperling) (United States south to Guatemala)
  • Oarisma boeta Hewitson, 1870 (South America)
  • Oarisma bruneri Bell, 1959 (Cuba)
  • Oarisma castanea Mielke, 1969 (Brazil)
  • Oarisma edwardsii (W. Barnes, 1897) (Edwards's skipperling) (United States and Mexico)
  • Oarisma eoa (anegada skipperling) (Virgin Islands)
  • Oarisma era Dyar (gold-veined skipperling) (North America)
  • Oarisma favor Evans, 1955 (Virgin Islands)
  • Oarisma garita (Reakirt, 1866) (garita skipperling) (North America)
  • Oarisma jean Evans, 1955 (South America)
  • Oarisma minima (W. H. Edwards, 1870) (southern skipperling) (southern United States south to Costa Rica)
  • Oarisma nanus Herrich-Schäffer, 1865 (nanus skipperling) (Cuba)
  • Oarisma poweshiek (Parker, 1870) (Poweshiek skipperling) (North America)
  • Oarisma stillmani (Bell & Comstock, 1948) (Stillman's skipperling) (Hispaniola)
  • Oarisma aurantiaca, Arizona
  • Oarisma garita, South Dakota
  • Oarisma jean, Brasil
  • Oarisma edwardsii, Arizona
  • Oarisma boeta, Ecuador

References

  1. ^ a b "ITIS report, Oarisma". Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  2. ^ a b c "Butterflies of America, Family Hesperiidae Latreille, 1809 - Skippers". Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  3. ^ "GBIF, Oarisma". Retrieved 2025-01-09.
  4. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2019). "Changes to North American butterfly names" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8 (2). ISSN 2643-4806.
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