Choranthus orientis
| Cuban skipper | |
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| Choranthus orientis orientis in Cuba | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Choranthus |
| Species: | C. orientis |
| Binomial name | |
| Choranthus orientis Skinner, 1920 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Choranthus orientis, the Cuban skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It can be found on the island of Cuba and The Bahamas.[2]
Taxonomy
Originally a subspecies of the now inactive taxon, Pyrrhocalles antiqua, C. orientis was revised in 2022 to become a species-level taxon.[3]
Two subspecies are recognized:
- Choranthus orientis orientis - Cuba
- Choranthus orientis eleutherae - Bahamas
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ 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.