Ectomis

Ectomis
File:Sepp-Surinaamsche vlinders - pl 058 plate Polythrix octomaculata.jpg
Ectomis octomaculata depicted in Sepp's Surinaamsche vlinders : naar het leven geteekend [1844]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Telemiadina
Genus:	Ectomis Mabille, 1878
Synonyms
Polythrix Watson, 1893

Ectomis is a genus of Neotropical and Nearctic butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Ectomis:

• Ectomis (Asina)
  • Ectomis gyges Evans, 1952 - Venezuela, Peru
  • Ectomis hirtius (Butler, 1870) - Venezuela
  • Ectomis roma Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará, Amazonas), Peru
  • Ectomis asine (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico through Central America to Peru
  • Ectomis mexicanus Freeman, 1969 - Mexico, Texas
• Ectomis (Ectomis)
  • Ectomis octomaculata (Sepp, [1844]) - Mexico, Guatemala to Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Argentina
  • Ectomis maizae (Hellebuyck, 1998) - Nicaragua
  • Ectomis auginus (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico, Guyana, French Guiana, Colombia, Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Ectomis ceculus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Ectomis caunus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Mexico, Paraguay
  • Ectomis metallescens (Mabille, 1888) - Brazil (Amazonas, Pará)
  • Ectomis kanshul (Shuey, 1991) - Mexico, Panama
  • Ectomis eudoxus (Stoll, 1781) - Suriname
  • Ectomis minvanes (Williams, 1926) - Brazil (Mato Grosso)
  • Ectomis labriaris (Butler, 1877) - Brazil (Amazonas, Bahia)
  • Ectomis cythna (Hewitson, 1878)
  • Ectomis speculum (Austin, 2008)
  • Ectomis teutas (Hewitson, 1876)
  • Ectomis pervivax (Hübner, [1819])
  • Ectomis bahiana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Brazil (Bahia, Pará), Peru, Venezuela
  • Ectomis orphne (Plötz, 1881) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
  • Ectomis otriades (Hewitson, 1867) - Brazil (Amazonas)
  • Ectomis epicincea (Butler & Druce, 1872) - Mexico, Costa Rica
  • Ectomis perniciosus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Colombia, Brazil
  • Ectomis cuminaensis (d'Almeida, 1976) - Brazil (Pará)
  • Ectomis orpheus (Plötz, 1881) - Brazil (Pará)
  • Ectomis perna (Evans, 1952) - Colombia
  • Ectomis albovenae (Bell, 1932) - Santa Catarina, Brazil

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

External links

• images representing Polythrix at Consortium for the Barcode of Life