Codatractus Explained

Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).^[1]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Codatractus:^[2]

• Codatractus cyledis (Dyar, 1912) - Mexico
• Codatractus bryaxis (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico to Guatemala
• Codatractus imalena (Butler, 1872) – Costa Rica to Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas).
• Codatractus arizonensis (Skinner, 1905) – Arizona skipper – southeast Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, Mexico
• Codatractus sallyae Warren, 1995 – Mexico
• Codatractus melon (Godman & Salvin, [1893]) – Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua
• Codatractus carlos Evans, 1952
• Codatractus rowena Evans, 1952
• Codatractus alcaeus (Hewitson, 1867) – white-crescent longtail
• Codatractus apulia Evans, 1952
• Codatractus yucatanus Freeman, 1977 – Mexico
• Codatractus aminias (Hewitson, 1867) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Codatractus at Consortium for the Barcode of Life

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/codatractus/index.html Funet
2. Li . Wenlin . Cong . Qian . Shen . Jinhui . Zhang . Jing . Hallwachs . Winnie . Janzen . Daniel H. . Grishin . Nick V. . Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns . Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 26 March 2019 . 116 . 13 . 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . 30877254 . 6442542 . 2019PNAS..116.6232L . Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24 . free .