Carrhenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Carrhenes
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Tribe: Pyrgini
Genus: Carrhenes
Godman & Salvin, [1895]

Species

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Recognised species in the genus Carrhenes include:[1]

Former species

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  • Carrhenes callipetes Godman and Salvin, [1895] - transferred to Canesia callipetes (Godman and Salvin, [1895])
  • Carrhenes canescens (R.Felder, 1869) - transferred to Canesia canescens (R.Felder, 1869)
  • Carrhenes lilloi Hayward, 1947 - transferred to Canesia lilloi (Hayward, 1947)
  • Carrhenes meridensis Godman and Salvin, [1895] - transferred to Canesia meridensis (Godman and Salvin, [1895])
  • Carrhenes pallida Röber, 1925 - transferred to Canesia pallida (Röber, 1925)
  • Carrhenes recurva Austin, 2000 - transferred to Canesia recurva (Austin, 2000)
  • Carrhenes santes Bell, 1940 - transferred to Santa santes (Bell, 1940)


References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 2022 (921). PMC 8975183. PMID 35370352.