Porphyrogenes is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae,[1] in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.[2]
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| Porphyrogenes spp. and related genera depicted in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Phocidini |
| Genus: | Porphyrogenes Watson, 1893 |
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Species
edit- Porphyrogenes boliva Evans, 1952 - Venezuela
- Porphyrogenes calathana (Hewitson, 1868)
- P. calathana calanus (Godman & Salvin, 1894)
- P. calathana calathana (Hewitson, 1868)
- P. calathana compusa (Hewitson, 1868)
- Porphyrogenes convexus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes despecta (Butler, 1870)
- P. despecta despecta (Butler, 1870) - Brazil (Pará, Bahia)
- P. despecta cervinus (Plötz, 1883) - Brazil
- Porphyrogenes eudemus (Mabille, 1888)
- Porphyrogenes ferruginea (Plötz, 1883)
- Porphyrogenes glavia Evans, 1952 - Panama
- Porphyrogenes passalus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Amazonas) to Bolivia, Venezuela
- Porphyrogenes omphale (Butler, 1871) - Venezuela
- Porphyrogenes pausias (Hewitson, 1867) - Brazil (Amazonas)
- Porphyrogenes peterwegei Burns, 2010
- Porphyrogenes probus (Möschler, 1877) - Suriname, Colombia, Peru
- Porphyrogenes simulator Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes sororcula (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) - French Guiana
- Porphyrogenes sparus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes spadix Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes spanda Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
- Porphyrogenes sparta Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará)
- Porphyrogenes speciosus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes specularis Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes spina Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes splendidus Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes spoda Evans, 1952 - Panama
- Porphyrogenes sporta Austin & O. Mielke, 2008
- Porphyrogenes stresa Evans, 1952 - Peru
- Porphyrogenes stupa Evans, 1952 - type locality unknown
- Porphyrogenes sula (R. Williams & E. Bell, 1940)
- Porphyrogenes virgatus (Mabille, 1888)
- Porphyrogenes vulpecula (Plötz, 1882)
- P. vulpecula vulpecula (Plötz, 1882) - Brazil, Panama
- P. vulpecula immaculata (Skinner, 1920) - Peru
- Porphyrogenes zohra (Möschler, 1879) - Venezuela, Peru, Honduras
References
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- ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
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