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Hesperiini Latreille 1809

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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taxon links [up-->]Decinea [up-->]Caligulana [up-->]Hesperia [up-->]Neochlodes maculosus [up-->]Holguinia holguin [up-->]Phemiades [up-->]Wallengrenia [up-->]Hylephila [up-->]Hansa [up-->]Atalopedes [up-->]Nyctelius [up-->]Jongiana [up-->]Libra [up-->]Arotis [up-->]Parachoranthus [up-->]Oeonus [up-->]Euphyes [up-->]Vacerra [up-->]Neposa [up-->]Appia appia [up-->]Oligoria [up-->]Poanes [up-->]Pyrrhocalles [up-->]Buzyges [up-->]Chalcone [up-->]Serdis [up-->]Tirynthoides [up-->]Asbolis [up-->]Linka [up-->]Notamblyscirtes [up-->]Choranthus [up-->]Metron [up-->]Onespa [up-->]Orthos [up-->]Misius [up-->]Anatrytone [up-->]Cravera [up-->]Atrytone [up-->]Pompeius [up-->]Cynea [up-->]Stinga [up-->]Propertius [up-->]Librita [up-->]Oxynthes [up-->]Ochlodes [up-->]Pseudocopaeodes [up-->]Tirynthia [up-->]Xeniades [up-->]Cyclosma [up-->]Problema [up-->]Polites [up-->]Lindra [up-->]Conga [up-->]Racta [up-->]Quasimellana [up-->]Paratrytone [up-->]Quinta [up-->]Thespieus [up-->]Atrytonopsis [up-->]Molo [down<--]Hesperiinae Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Hesperiinae

Introduction

This tribe is primarily neotropical, with a number of nearctic genera and species, and a few taxa, such as Hesperia, that have a holarctic distribution. Larvae of Hesperiini feed on bamboos and grasses (Poaceae).

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Relationships among the taxa at the top of the tree represent those sampled by Warren et al. (2008, 2009). The alphabetical list of genera in the basal polytomy were not sampled in those studies and are included in Hesperiini based on morphological similarities.

References

Warren, A. D., Ogawa, J. R. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperiodea). Cladistcs 24, 642-676.

Warren, A. D., Ogawa, J. R. & Brower, A. V. Z. 2009. Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data. Systematic Entomology 34, 467-523.

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Scientific Name Pompeius verna
Location West Chicago Prairie, DuPage County, Illinois, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Behavior Nectaring on bull thistle Cirsium vulgare
Sex Female
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Copyright © Bruce Marlin
Scientific Name Hesperia comma
Location Broughton down, Hampshire, UK
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source silver spotted skipper - Hesperia comma
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2006 Katie
Scientific Name Poanes zabulon
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
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Copyright © Bruce Marlin
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2009. Hesperiini Latreille 1809. Version 10 September 2009 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hesperiini/94928/2009.09.10 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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