Scallopwings

Staphylus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae found mainly in South America with some species in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and southern United States.^[1]

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

• Staphylus ascalaphus (Staudinger, 1876) – mauve scallopwing
• Staphylus ascalon (Staudinger, 1876)
• Staphylus astra (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus azteca (Scudder, 1872) – Aztec scallopwing
• Staphylus balsa (Bell, 1937)
• Staphylus buena (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus caribbea (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus cartagoa (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus ceos (Edwards, 1882) – golden-headed sootywing
• Staphylus chlora Evans, 1953 – green-headed sootywing
• Staphylus chlorocephala (Latreille, [1824])
• Staphylus corumba (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus eryx Evans, 1953
• Staphylus esmeraldus Miller, 1966
• Staphylus evemerus Godman & Salvin, [1896]
• Staphylus hayhurstii (Edwards, 1870) – Hayhurst's scallopwing, scalloped sootywing
• Staphylus huigra (Williams & Bell, 1940)
• Staphylus iguala (Williams & Bell, 1940) – Iguala sootywing
• Staphylus imperspicua (Hayward, 1940)
• Staphylus incanus Bell, 1932
• Staphylus insignis Mielke, 1980
• Staphylus kayei Cock, 1996
• Staphylus lenis Steinhauser, 1989
• Staphylus lizeri (Hayward, 1938)
• Staphylus mazans (Reakirt, [1867]) – Mazans scallopwing, southern scalloped sootywing
• Staphylus melaina (Hayward, 1947)
• Staphylus melangon (Mabille, 1883)
• Staphylus melius Steinhauser, 1989
• Staphylus musculus (Burmeister, 1875)
• Staphylus oeta (Plötz, 1884) – Plötz's sootywing
• Staphylus parvus Steinhauser & Austin, 1993
• Staphylus perforata (Möschler, 1879)
• Staphylus perna Evans, 1953
• Staphylus punctiseparatus Hayward, 1933
• Staphylus putumayo (Bell, 1937)
• Staphylus sambo Evans, 1953
• Staphylus saxos Evans, 1953
• Staphylus shola Evans, 1953
• Staphylus tepeca (Bell, 1942) – checkered scallopwing
• Staphylus tierra Evans, 1953 – west-Mexican scallopwing
• Staphylus tingo Steinhauser, 1989
• Staphylus tridentis Steinhauser, 1989
• Staphylus tucumanus (Plötz, 1884)
• Staphylus tyro (Mabille, 1878)
• Staphylus unicornis Steinhauser & Austin, 1993
• Staphylus veytius Freeman, 1969 – Chiapas scallopwing
• Staphylus vincula (Plötz, 1886) – mountain scallopwing
• Staphylus vulgata (Möschler, 1879) – golden-snouted scallopwing

Former species

• Staphylus angulata (Bell, 1937) - transferred to Incisus angulata (Bell, 1937)
• Staphylus fasciatus Hayward, 1933 - transferred to Incisus fasciatus (Hayward, 1933)
• Staphylus incisus (Mabille, 1878) - transferred to Incisus incisus (Mabille, 1878)

References