Echelatus is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the family Hesperiidae.[1] It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Echelatus sempiternus, the common bluevent, which is found in North America.[2][3][4]
| Echelatus sempiternus | |
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| E. sempiternus ssp. sempiternus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Echelatus Godman & Salvin, [1894] |
| Species: | E. sempiternus
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| Binomial name | |
| Echelatus sempiternus (Butler & Druce, 1872)
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Subspecies edit
The following subspecies are recognised:
- Echelatus sempiternus dilloni Bell & Comstock, 1948
- Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
- Echelatus sempiternus simplicior Möschler, 1876
References edit
- ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
- ^ "Anastrus sempiternus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Anastrus sempiternus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ^ "Anastrus sempiternus species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
Further reading edit
- Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
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