Epargyreus

Epargyreus
Epargyreus clarus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Pyrginae
Tribe: Eudamini
Genus: Epargyreus
Hübner, [1819]
Species

Several, see text

Epargyreus is the genus of flasher butterflies, which belong to the Eudaminae skipper subfamily.The members (species) occur in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.

The species in this genus are:

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