Choranthus orientis

Cuban skipper
Choranthus orientis orientis in Cuba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Choranthus
Species:
C. orientis
Binomial name
Choranthus orientis
Skinner, 1920
Synonyms
  • Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)

Choranthus orientis, the Cuban skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Cuba and The Bahamas.

Taxonomy

Originally a subspecies of the now inactive taxon, Pyrrhocalles antiqua, C. orientis was revised in 2022 to become a species-level taxon.

Two subspecies are recognized:

References

  1. ↑ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi (921). ISSN 1942-1354. PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.
  2. ↑ "Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
  3. ↑ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi (921). ISSN 1942-1354. PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.