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Duskywings

Erynnis
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Summary

Erynnis is a genus in the skippers butterfly family Hesperiidae, known as the duskywings. Erynnis is found in the Neotropical realm and across the Palearctic, but the highest species diversity is in the Nearctic. The genus was erected by Franz von Paula Schrank in 1801.

Duskywings

Erynnis
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Scientific classification

kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
class: Insecta
order: Lepidoptera
family: Hesperiidae

Species

Erynnis horatius

Horace's Duskywing

Erynnis horatius

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Erynnis icelus

Dreamy Duskywing

Erynnis icelus

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Erynnis brizo

Sleepy Duskywing

Erynnis brizo

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Erynnis juvenalis

Juvenal's Duskywing

Erynnis juvenalis

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Erynnis lucilius

Columbine Duskywing

Erynnis lucilius

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Erynnis baptisiae

Wild Indigo Duskywing

Erynnis baptisiae

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Erynnis propertius

Propertius Duskywing

Erynnis propertius

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Erynnis funeralis

Funereal Duskywing

Erynnis funeralis

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Erynnis tristis

Mournful Duskywing

Erynnis tristis

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Erynnis tages

Dingy Skipper

Erynnis tages

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Erynnis zarucco

Zarucco Duskywing

Erynnis zarucco

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Species and notable subspecies

Listed alphabetically: - Erynnis afranius (Lintner, 1878) – Afranius duskywing - Erynnis baptisiae (Forbes, 1936) – wild indigo duskywing - Erynnis brizo (Boisduval & LeConte, [1837]) – sleepy duskywing - Erynnis brizo burgessi (Skinner, 1914) – Rocky Mountain sleepy duskywing - Erynnis funeralis (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – funereal duskywing - Erynnis horatius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Horace's duskywing - Erynnis icelus (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – dreamy duskywing - Erynnis juvenalis (Fabricius, 1793) – Juvenal's duskywing - Erynnis lucilius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – columbine duskywing - Erynnis martialis (Scudder, 1869) – mottled duskywing - Erynnis marloyi (Boisduval, [1834]) – inky skipper - Erynnis mercurius (Dyar, 1926) Mexico - Erynnis montana (Bremer, 1861) South China, Formosa, Amur, Japan - Erynnis meridianus Bell, 1927 – meridian duskywing – California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico - Erynnis pacuvius (Lintner, [1878]) – Pacuvius duskywing, Dyar's duskywing, or buckthorn dusky wing - Erynnis pacuvius callidus (Grinnell, 1905) – Californian – Pacuvius duskywing - Erynnis pathan Evans, 1949 Ghissar, Chitral, North Baluchistan - Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891) West China, Arunachal Pradesh - Erynnis persius (Scudder, 1863) – Persius duskywing or hairy duskywing - Erynnis persius fredericki (H. A. Freeman, 1943) – eastern Persius duskywing - Erynnis popoviana Nordmann, 1851 Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri - Erynnis propertius (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Propertius duskywing or western oak duskywing - Erynnis scudderi (Skinner, 1914) – Scudder's duskywing – Mexico, Arizona - Erynnis tages (Linnaeus, 1758) – dingy skipper - Erynnis telemachus Burns, 1960 – Rocky Mountain duskywing – Arizona - Erynnis tristis (Boisduval 1852) – mournful duskywing – Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Central America - Erynnis tristis tatius (W. H. Edwards, 1882) – Tatius duskywing – Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, to Colombia - Erynnis zarucco (H. Lucas, 1857) – zarucco duskywing