Ernsta

Ernsta
	Ernsta colotes, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Carcharodini
Subtribe:	Carcharodina
Genus:	Ernsta; Grishin, 2020
Subgenera
	Delaga Grishin, 2020 Ernsta Grishin, 2020

Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.

Species

These species belong to the genus Ernsta:

Ernsta bifida (Higgins, 1924)
Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) - Bushveld Sandman
Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924) - Confusing Sandman
Ernsta delagoae (Trimen, 1898) - Delagoa Sandman
Ernsta depauperata (Strand, 1911) - Wandering Sandman
Ernsta dromus (Plötz, 1884) - Forest Sandman
Ernsta mangana (Rebel, 1899) - Arabian Grizzled Skipper
Ernsta nanus (Trimen, 1889) - Dwarf Sandman
Ernsta paula (Higgins, 1924) - Mite Sandman
Ernsta ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) - Forest Grizzled Skipper
Ernsta sataspes (Trimen, 1864) - Boland Sandman
Ernsta secessus (Trimen, 1891) - Wolkberg Sandman
Ernsta wrefordi (Evans, 1951) - Wreford's Grizzled Skipper
Ernsta zebra (Butler, 1888) - Zebra Grizzled Skipper

References

1 2 Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): 182–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707. PMID 32230093.

Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.

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[Zhang2020-1] 1 2 Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa. 4748 (1): 182–194. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMC 8018707. PMID 32230093.

Ernsta

Ernsta colotes, South Africa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Carcharodini
Subtribe:	Carcharodina
Genus:	Ernsta Grishin, 2020
Subgenera
Delaga Grishin, 2020 Ernsta Grishin, 2020

Ernsta

Species

References

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