Hesperiidae
77a0102 –
3936 Xenophanes ruatanensis
Godman & Salvin, 1895
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Host Plants: |
Host familiy: Malvaceae. Host genera: Malachra Malvaviscus. Notes: mallows (Brock & Kaufman 2003). (Shropshire & Douglas 2025) |
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| Synonymy: |
ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895 (Xenophanes) - MONA 1983: [NEW]; TL: Honduras: Roatán Island.perplexus Bell, 1942 (Xenophanes)trixus; Miller & Brown, 1983 (Xenophanes) missp. - MONA 1983: [3936]; TL: (no type).tryxus of authors; (not Stoll, in: Cramer, [1780]) (Papilio) misappl. |
| Taxonomic Notes: |
Xenophanes ruatanensis Godman & Salvin, 1895 is raised from synonymy of Xenophanes tryxus (Stoll, 1780) to full species status in Zhang et al. (2022). "True" tryxus is extralimital north of Mexico. |
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| References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.) |
- Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: Identifications often erroneous; DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; many specimens not sequenced.
- Shropshire, K.J. & D.W. Tallamy, 2025. Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico: an annotated list containing geographic ranges and host-plant records. ZooKeys, 1261: 101-113; Suppl. 1. (PDF or read online)
- Species Page at BugGuide.Net
- Species Page at iNaturalist
- Species Page at the Butterflies of America
- Zhang, J., Q. Cong, J. Shen, L. Song, R.J. Gott, P. Boyer, C.S. Guppy, S. Kohler, G. Lamas, P.A. Opler, N.V. Grishin, 2022. Taxonomic discoveries enabled by genomic analysis of butterflies. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey, 10(7): 1-60.
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