Salatis
Genus of butterflies
| Salatis | |
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| Salatis spp. and related genera in Adalbert Seitz Macrolepidoptera of the World Vol.5 The American Rhopalocera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Tribe: | Phocidini |
| Genus: | Salatis Evans, 1952 |
Salatis is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae,[1] in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.[2]
Species of the genus Salatis are native to Central America and South America, including in the Amazon River basin.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus Salatis:[2]
- Salatis canalis (Skinner, 1920)
- Salatis salatis (Stoll, 1782)
- Salatis cebrenus (Cramer, 1777)
- Salatis flavomarginatus (Sepp, [1851])
References
- ^ Funet
- ^ a b Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
- Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Salatis.
- Images representing Salatis at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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