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Astraptes H?bner 1819

Telegonus H?bner 1819 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym

Andrew V. Z. Brower
Containing group: Eudaminae

Characteristics

A large neotropical genus of big, showy skippers. The genus has been the subject of some controversy lately due to the apparent discovery of hidden diversity ("ten species in one") based upon DNA barcodes of Astraptes fulgerator from Guanacaste, Costa Rica (Hebert et al. 2004; Brower 2006). At this time, the nine other "species" remain formally undescribed.

References

Brower AVZ. 2006. Problems with DNA barcodes for species delimitation: ?ten species? of Astraptes fulgerator reassessed (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae). Systematics and Biodiversity 4: 127-132.

Hebert PDN, Penton EH, Burns JM, Janzen DH, and Hallwachs W. 2004. Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 14812-14817.

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2007. Astraptes H?bner 1819. Telegonus H?bner 1819 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym. Version 21 February 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Astraptes/95276/2007.02.21 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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