Lychnuchus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Subtribe: | Moncina |
| Genus: | Lychnuchus Hübner, 1827 |
Species
edit- Lychnuchus achelous Plötz, 1882 - ferruginous brown-eye[1][2]
- Lychnuchus angularis Möschler, 1877
- Lychnuchus aphilos Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
- Lychnuchus blenda Evans, 1955
- Lychnuchus blotta Evans, 1955
- Lychnuchus celsus (Fabricius, 1793)[3]
- Lychnuchus demon (Evans, 1955)[3]
- Lychnuchus dognini Mabille, 1889
- Lychnuchus iccius Evans, 1955
- Lychnuchus immaculata Hewitson, 1868 - immaculate brown-eye [2]
- Lychnuchus topo Nicolay, 1980
- Lychnuchus uza Hewitson, 1877
Former species
edit- Lychnuchus olenus Hübner, [1831] - synonymized with Hesperia celsus Fabricius, 1793
- Lychnuchus pelta Evans, 1955 - transferred to Molo pelta (Evans, 1955)
- Lychnuchus victa Evans, 1955 - transferred to Alychna victa (Evans, 1955)
References
edit- ^ Enosis Mabille, 1889, Markku Savela's website on Life
- ^ a b Checklist and English Names of Mexican Butterflies
- ^ a b 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.
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