Chirgus
Chirgus is a genus of checkered-skippers, white-skippers, and allies in the butterfly family Hesperiidae, found in the New World. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019. There are about six described species in Chirgus.
| Chirgus | |
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| Chirgus fides, Chile | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subfamily: | Pyrginae |
| Tribe: | Pyrgini |
| Genus: | Chirgus Grishin, 2019 |
As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genera Chirgus was created to contain six related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.[1]
Species
These six species belong to the genus Chirgus:
- Chirgus barrosi (Ureta, 1956)
- Chirgus bocchoris (Hewitson, 1874)
- Chirgus fides (Hayward, 1940)
- Chirgus limbata (Erschoff, 1876)
- Chirgus nigella (Weeks, 1902)
- Chirgus veturius (Plötz, 1884)
References
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116.
Further reading
- Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Appendix to Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns" (PDF). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
- Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40. ISSN 0022-4324.
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
- Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2009). "Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 467–523. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x.
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