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Aguna (butterfly)

Aguna is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Aguna:

  • Aguna albistria <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
  • A. albistria albistria <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small> – Brazil
  • A. albistria leucogramma <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small> – southeast Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela (Suriname?)
  • Aguna asander <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> – gold-spotted aguna – type locality Brazil
  • A. asander asander <small>(Hewitson, 1867)</small> – southern U.S. (as stray) to Argentina
  • A. asander haitensis <small>(Mabille & Boullet, 1912)</small> – Cuba and Hispaniola
  • A. asander jasper <small>Evans, 1952</small> – Jamaica
  • Aguna aurunce <small>Hewitson, 1867</small> – type locality Brazil
  • A. aurunce aurunce <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small>
  • A. aurunce hypozonius <small>(Plötz, 1880)</small> – south east Mexico to Venezuela
  • Aguna camagura <small>(R. Williams, 1926)</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna cirrus <small>Evans, 1952</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna claxon <small>Evans, 1952</small> – emerald aguna – Cuba, southern Texas to Colombia and Suriname
  • Aguna clina <small>Evans, 1952</small> – type locality Colombia
  • Aguna coeloides <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – southeastern Mexico to southern Brazil
  • Aguna coelus <small>(Stoll, 1781)</small> – Stoll's aguna – Costa Rica and Panama to Peru and central Brazil
  • Aguna ganna <small>(Möschler, 1879)</small> – Ganna aguna – Costa Rica to Colombia and Venezuela
  • Aguna glaphyrus <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna latifascia <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Ecuador
  • Aguna latimacula <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna longicauda <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna megaeles <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small>
  • A. megaeles malia <small>Evans, 1952</small> – type locality Venezuela
  • A. megaeles megaeles <small>(Mabille, 1888)</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna mesodentata <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna metophis <small>(Latreille, [1824])</small> – long-tailed aguna – south Texas to south Brazil
  • Aguna nicolayi <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna panama <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – Panamanian aguna – Honduras to Venezuela
  • Aguna parva <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna penicillata <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna prasinus <small>Siewert, Leviski, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2015</small>
  • Aguna similis <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna spatulata <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna spicata <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna squamalba <small>Austin & O. Mielke, 1998</small> – type locality Brazil
  • Aguna venezuelae <small>O. Mielke, 1971</small> – type locality Venezuela

References

  • Austin, George T., Olaf H. H. Mielke. 2008. Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America Insecta Mundi 0044:1-56

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