Astraptes is the genus of flasher butterflies. They belong to the skipper butterfly subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones. Species include: - Astraptes alardus (Stoll, 1790) – frosted flasher – Mexico to Colombia, Brazil - A. alardus alardus Suriname, Venezuela - A. alardus habana (Lucas, 1857) Cuba - A. alardus heriul (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) Dominican Republic - A. alardus latia Evans, 1952 Mexico, Costa Rica - A. alardus aquila Evans, 1952 Colombia - Astraptes alector (C. & R. Felder, 1867) – Gilbert's flasher - A. alector alector Colombia - A. alector hopfferi (Plötz, 1881) Mexico, Central America, Peru - Astraptes anaphus (Cramer, [1777]) – yellow-tipped flasher – South America, Greater Antilles to south Texas - A. anaphus anaphus Suriname, Brazil (Bahia) - A. anaphus anausis (Godman & Salvin, 1896) St. Vincent, Grenada, Dominica, Hispaniola, Cuba, Jamaica - A. anaphus aniza Evans, 1952 Peru - A. anaphus annetta Evans, 1952 Mexico, Costa Rica - A. anaphus anoma Evans, 1952 Trinidad - Astraptes apastus (Cramer, [1777]) Guiana, Guyane, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad, Mexico - A. apastus apastus Suriname - A. apastus pusa Evans, 1952 Brazil (Bahia) - Astraptes aulus (Plötz, 1881) Panama to Brazil - Astraptes brevicauda (Plötz, 1886) Belize, Panama, Nicaragua, Peru - Astraptes cassander (Fabricius, 1793) Cuba, Costa Rica - Astraptes chiriquensis (Staudinger, 1876) Panama to Colombia - A. chiriquensis chiriquensis Mexico, Panama, Nicaragua - A. chiriquensis meretrix (Hewitson, 1876) Ecuador - A. chiriquensis oenander (Hewitson, 1876) Brazil (Pará) - A. chiriquensis erana Evans, 1952 Ecuador - Astraptes cretatus (Hayward, 1939) - A. cretatus cretatus Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas) - A. cretatus adoba Evans, 1952 Brazil (Espírito Santo) - Astraptes creteus (Cramer, [1780]) Mexico to Amazon Brazil - A. creteus creteus Suriname - A. creteus siges (Mabille, 1903) Brazil - A. creteus crana Evans, 1952 south Mexico to Guatemala - A. creteus crilla Evans, 1952 Ecuador - A. creteus cyprus Evans, 1952 Bolivia - Astraptes egregius (Butler, 1870) – small-spotted flasher – Mexico to Colombia, Trinidad - A. egregius egregius - A. egregius coxeyi (Williams, 1931) Ecuador - Astraptes elorus (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, Argentina - Astraptes enotrus (Stoll, [1781]) Guiana, Guyane, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad - Astraptes erycina (Plötz, 1881) Brazil - Astraptes fulgerator – two-barred flasher – south Texas, Mexico to Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Trinidad - A. fulgerator fulgerator Suriname, Peru - A. fulgerator azul Reakirt, [1867]) Texas, Mexico, Bolivia - Astraptes fulgor Hayward, 1939) Argentina - Astraptes galesus (Mabille, 1888) - A. galesus galesus Peru, Ecuador - A. galesus cassius Evans, 1952 Costa Rica - Astraptes halesius (Hewitson, 1877) French Guiana, Peru - Astraptes jaira (Butler, 1870) West Indies, Jamaica - Astraptes janeira (Schaus, 1902) Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Paraguay - Astraptes latimargo (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - A. latimargo latimargo Panama - A. latimargo bifascia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - A. latimargo tinda Evans, 1952 Brazil (Pará) - Astraptes mabillei Steinhauser, 1989 Bolivia - Astraptes megalurus (Mabille, 1877) Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia - Astraptes naxos (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil, Colombia - Astraptes palliolum (Druce, 1908) Costa Rica - Astraptes phalaecus (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Costa Rica - Astraptes talus (Cramer, [1777]) Central America to Brazil, Suriname, Cuba - Astraptes tucuti (Williams, 1927) Mexico, Panama - Astraptes xagua (Lucas, 1857) - A. xagua xagua Cuba - A. xagua christyis (Sharpe, 1898) Dominican Republic