Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.

Species

As of 2019, the genus holds the following species:

Subgenus Cecropterus:

• Cecropterus acanthopoda (O. Mielke, 1977)

• Cecropterus rinta (Evans, 1952)

• Cecropterus zarex (Hübner, 1818)

• Cecropterus longipennis Plötz, 1882

• Cecropterus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855)

Subgenus Thorybes:

• Cecropterus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)

• Cecropterus casica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

• Cecropterus tehuacana (Draudt, 1922)

• Cecropterus confusis (E. Bell, 1923)

• Cecropterus bathyllus (J. E. Smith, 1797)

Cecropterus mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

• Cecropterus mexicana aemilea (Skinner, 1893)

• Cecropterus mexicana blanca (Scott, 1981)

• Cecropterus mexicana nevada (Scudder, 1872)

• Cecropterus mexicana dobra (Evans, 1952)

• Cecropterus mexicana mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

• Cecropterus mexicana ducia (Evans, 1952)

• Cecropterus diversus (E. Bell, 1927)

Cecropterus pylades (Scudder, 1870)

• Cecropterus pylades indistinctus (Austin & J. Emmel, 1998)

• Cecropterus pylades albosuffusa (H. Freeman, 1943)

• Cecropterus pylades pylades (Scudder, 1870)

• Cecropterus drusius (W. H. Edwards, [1884])

• Cecropterus cincta Plötz, 1882

• Cecropterus vectilucis (A. Butler, 1872)

• Cecropterus pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clemence, [1910])

• Cecropterus palliolum (H. Druce, 1908)

Cecropterus egregius (A. Butler, 1870)

• Cecropterus egregius egregius (A. Butler, 1870)

• Cecropterus egregius coxeyi (R. Williams, 1931)

• Cecropterus virescens (Mabille, 1877)

Cecropterus dorantes (Stoll, 1790)

• Cecropterus dorantes calafia (R. Williams, 1926)

• Cecropterus dorantes dorantes (Stoll, 1790)

• Cecropterus dorantes cramptoni (W. Comstock, 1944)

• Cecropterus dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857)

• Cecropterus dorantes galapagensis (F. Williams, 1911)

• Cecropterus obscurus (Hewitson, 1867)

Subgenus Murgaria:

Cecropterus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)

• Cecropterus albociliatus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)

• Cecropterus albociliatus leucophrys (Mabille, 1898)

• Cecropterus albociliatus nocera (Plötz, 1882)

• Cecropterus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)

• Cecropterus jalapus (Plötz, 1881)

• Cecropterus athesis (Hewitson, 1867)

• Cecropterus phalaecus (Godman & Salvin, 1893)

• Cecropterus reductus (N. Riley, 1919)

Cecropterus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)

• Cecropterus doryssus chales (Godman & Salvin, 1893)

• Cecropterus doryssus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)

• Cecropterus doryssus albicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

• Cecropterus albimargo (Mabille, 1875)

• Cecropterus takuta (Evans, 1952)

• Cecropterus rica (Evans, 1952)

• Cecropterus trebia (Möschler, 1879)

• Cecropterus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

• Cecropterus barra (Evans, 1952)

References

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database