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Choranthus
C. capucinus Grand Cayman
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subtribe:	Anthoptina
Genus:	Choranthus Scudder,
Synonyms
Pyrrhocalles Mabille, 1904 Asbolis Mabille, 1904

Choranthus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Species

Recognised species in the genus Choranthus include:

• Choranthus antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863)
• Choranthus borincona (Watson, 1937)
• Choranthus capucinus (Lucas, 1857)
• Choranthus haitensis Skinner, 1920
• Choranthus jamaicensis (Schaus, 1902)
• Choranthus lilliae E. Bell, 1931
• Choranthus melissa Gali, 1983
• Choranthus orientis (Skinner, 1920)
• Choranthus radians Lucas, 1857
• Choranthus richmondi Miller,
• Choranthus vitellius Fabricius, 1793

References

1. R. R. Askew and P. A. van B. Stafford, Butterflies of the Cayman Islands (Apollo Books, Stenstrup 2008) ISBN 978-87-88757-85-9, p. 125
2. 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.

• Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database

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• Hesperiini
• Hesperiidae genera
• Taxa named by Samuel Hubbard Scudder
• Taxa described in 1872
• Hesperiini stubs