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Hesperiidae Latreille 1809

Skippers

Andrew V. Z. Brower and Andrew Warren
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Checkered skipper butterfly
taxon links [up-->]Hesperiinae [up-->]Pyrginae [up-->]Eudaminae [up-->]Coeliadinae [up-->]Trapezitinae [up-->]Heteropterinae [up-->]Euschemoninae [down<--]Ditrysia Interpreting the tree
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Containing group: Ditrysia

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

The hypothesis of relationships is based on the combined morphological/molecular cladistic analysis of Warren et al. (in prep.).

References

Ackery, P. R., R. de Jong, and R. I. Vane-Wright. 1999. The butterflies: Hedyloidea, Hesperioidea, and Papilionoidea. Pages 264-300 in: Lepidoptera: Moths and Butterflies. 1. Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbook of Zoology Vol. IV, Part 35. N. P. Kristensen, ed. De Gruyter, Berlin and New York.

Warren, A. D., J. Ogawa and A. V. Z. Brower. (in preparation). Phylogenetic relationships of subfamilies and circumscription of tribes in the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea).

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Scientific Name Hylephila phyleus
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
ToL Image Use creative commons This image is licensed under the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Creative Commons License.
Copyright © Bruce Marlin
Scientific Name Atarnes sallei
Location El Naranjo, San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Orange-spotted Skipper
Source Collection Neotropical Butterflies
Copyright © 2002 Will and Gill Carter
Checkered skipper butterfly
Scientific Name Pyrgus communis
Location Mount Bruno, elevation 1300 feet (San Mateo County, California, USA)
Comments Checkered skipper butterfly
Creator Photograph by T. W. Davies
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Collection CalPhotos
Copyright © 1999 California Academy of Sciences
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA


University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA

Correspondence regarding this page should be directed to Andrew V. Z. Brower at and Andrew Warren at

Citing this page:

Brower, Andrew V. Z. and Warren, Andrew. 2007. Hesperiidae Latreille 1809. Skippers. Version 19 April 2007 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Hesperiidae/12028/2007.04.19 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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