Duskywing
Encyclopedia
Erynnis is a genus
in the Skippers butterfly
family, Hesperiidae, known as the Duskywings.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
in the Skippers butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
family, Hesperiidae, known as the Duskywings.
Species and notable subspecies
Listed alphabetically.- Erynnis afraniusErynnis afraniusAfranius Duskywing or Bald Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from northern Mexico through central United States to southern Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba.The wingspan is 25–31 mm...
(Lintner, 1878) – Afranius Duskywing - Erynnis baptisiaeErynnis baptisiaeThe Wild Indigo Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern New England and southern Ontario west to central Nebraska, south to Georgia, the Gulf Coast, and south-central Texas....
(Forbes, 1936) – Wild Indigo Duskywing - Erynnis brizoErynnis brizoCommon names: Banded Oak Duskywing, Sleepy Duskywing E. brizo is a species of Hesperiidae that occurs throughout North America and is commonly confused with E. juvenalis and E. lucilius.-Description:...
(Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – Sleepy Duskywing- Erynnis brizo burgessi (Skinner, 1914) – Rocky Mountain Sleepy Duskywing
- Erynnis funeralisErynnis funeralisThe Funereal Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, south to Argentina. Strays can be found north up to northern Illinois, north-eastern Nebraska, central Colorado, southern Nevada and central California.The wingspan...
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Funereal Duskywing - Erynnis horatiusErynnis horatiusHorace's Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from Massachusetts, west to eastern South Dakota, south through most of the eastern United States to Florida, the Gulf Coast, and southern Texas, south in the west through south-eastern Utah, Colorado, north-eastern Arizona,...
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Horace's Duskywing - Erynnis icelusErynnis icelusThe Dreamy Duskywing or Aspen Dusky Wing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in boreal North America, from the Northwest Territories east across southern Canada to Nova Scotia, south in the western mountains to southern Arizona and southern New Mexico, south in the east to...
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Dreamy Duskywing - Erynnis juvenalisErynnis juvenalisThe Juvenal's Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family.-Appearance and Distribution:Common in eastern North American oak woods from southern Manitoba to southern Quebec and Nova Scotia southward to Texas and Florida. This dark brown skipper is larger than most eastern Duskywings...
(Fabricius, 1793) – Juvenal's Duskywing - Erynnis luciliusErynnis luciliusColumbine Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern Quebec to Manitoba and south to northeastern USA....
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Columbine Duskywing - Erynnis martialisErynnis martialisMottled Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in most of the eastern United States and in southern Ontario, Quebec, and southeastern Manitoba.The wingspan is 25–29 mm...
(Scudder, 1869) – Mottled Duskywing - Erynnis marloyiErynnis marloyiThe Inky Skipper is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in South-eastern Europe across Asia Minor to Syria, Southern Iran and Chitral....
(Boisduval, [1834]) – Inky Skipper - Erynnis mercurius (Dyar, 1926)
- Erynnis montanus (Bremer, 1861)
- Erynnis meridianus Bell, 1927 – Meridian Duskywing
- Erynnis pacuviusErynnis pacuviusPacuvius Duskywing, Dyar's Duskywing, or Buckthorn Dusky Wing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found in most of the western United States and in southern British Columbia.The wingspan is 29–33 mm...
(Lintner, [1878]) – Pacuvius Duskywing, Dyar's Duskywing, or Buckthorn Dusky Wing- Erynnis pacuvius callidus (Grinnell, 1905) – Californian Pacuvius Duskywing
- Erynnis pathan Evans, 1949
- Erynnis pelias (Leech, 1891)
- Erynnis persiusErynnis persiusThe Persius Duskywing is a species of Hesperiidae that occurs in North America. It is a threatened species in Michigan and is protected by the law.-Description:...
(Scudder, 1863) – Persius Duskywing or Hairy Duskywing- Erynnis persius fredericki (HA Freeman, 1943) – Eastern Persius Duskywing
- Erynnis popoviana Nordmann, 1851
- Erynnis propertiusErynnis propertiusThe Propertius Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern British Columbia south along the Pacific Slope to Baja California Norte....
(Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Propertius Duskywing or Western Oak Duskywing - Erynnis scudderi (Skinner, 1914) – Scudder's Duskywing
- Erynnis tages (LinnaeusCarolus LinnaeusCarl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
, 1758) – Dingy SkipperDingy SkipperThe Dingy Skipper, Erynnis tages, is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It ranges from Europe across Asia Minor and Central Asia to the Amur region.Erynnis tages favours open grassy habitats up to 2,000 metres above sea level... - Erynnis telemachus Burns, 1960 – Rocky Mountain Duskywing
- Erynnis tristis (Boisduval 1852) – Mournful Duskywing
- Erynnis tristis tatius (WH Edwards, 1882) – Tatius Duskywing
- Erynnis zaruccoErynnis zaruccoZarucco Duskywing is a butterfly of the Hesperiidae family. It is found from southern Ontario to southeastern USA.The wingspan is 32–38 mm. There are three generations in the deep south but only two in the north....
(Lucas, 1857) – Zarucco Duskywing