Burnsius

Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.

Burnsius
male B. orcus, Tobago
female B. orcus, Colombia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Burnsius Grishin, 2019

As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.^[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.^[2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:^[2][3]

• Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Central American checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
• Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
• Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
• Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
• Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
• Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)

References

1. Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
2. Zhang, J; Cong, Q; Burns, JM; Grishin, NV (2022). "Checking the checkered taxonomy of Plötz's checkered skippers (Hesperiidae: Pyrgini)". Taxon Rep Int Lepid Surv. 10 (5): 5. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6510282. PMC 9076161. PMID 35530660.
3. Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).

Further reading

• Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". The Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera. 40: 1–658. doi:10.5962/p.332201. ISSN 0022-4324. S2CID 248737151.
• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.
• Warren, Andrew D.; Ogawa, Joshua R.; Brower, Andrew V. Z. (2009). "Revised classification of the family Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) based on combined molecular and morphological data". Systematic Entomology. 34 (3): 467–523. Bibcode:2009SysEn..34..467W. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2008.00463.x. S2CID 83800312.