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
E. sempiternus ssp. sempiternus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Genus: Echelatus
Godman & Salvin, [1894]
Species:
E. sempiternus
Binomial name
Echelatus sempiternus
(Butler & Druce, 1872)
Synonyms

(Species)

  • Achlyodes sempiternus Butler & Druce, 1872
  • Anastrus sempiternus (Butler & Druce, 1872)

Subspecies

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The following subspecies are recognised:

  • Echelatus sempiternus dilloni Bell & Comstock, 1948
  • Echelatus sempiternus sempiternus (Butler & H. Druce, 1872)
  • Echelatus sempiternus simplicior Möschler, 1876

References

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  1. ^ Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2019). "Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. 0731: 1–56.
  2. ^ "Anastrus sempiternus Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. ^ "Anastrus sempiternus". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-25.

Further reading

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