Carystus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Hesperiini
Subtribus: Carystina
Genus: Carystus
Species: C. cacaulandia – C. diores – C. elvira – C. hocus – C. jolus – C. junior – C. periphas – C. phorcus – C. ploetzi – C. rufoventris – C. santus – C. superbiens
Name

Carystus Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio jolus Stoll, 1782
References

Austin, G.T. & O.H.H. Mielke, 2007: Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Carystus, with descriptions of two new species (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 148: 1–13.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. PDF. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.
Li, W., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Zhang, J., Hallwachs, W., Janzen, D.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns. PNAS 116(13): 6232–6237. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116. Text. SI Appendix. Reference page.

Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species

The genus Carystus consists of the following species:[1]

Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882)
Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882)
Carystus hocus Evans, 1955
Carystus jolus (Stoll, [1782])
Carystus junior Evans, 1955
Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891
Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777)
Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002
Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891

References

"Carystus". ftp.funet.fi. Retrieved 6 December 2016.

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database