Adopaeoides

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Apaustina
Genus: Adopaeoides
Species: A. bistriata – A. prittwitzi
Name

Adopaeoides Godman, [1900]

Type species: Apaustus prittwitzi Plötz, 1884.
Synonymy

♦ Adopaeoides Godman, [1900]ː 470; Evans, [1955]ː 309; Hemming, 1967ː 27; Bridges, 1994ː IX.1; Lamas, 2004ː 61; Cong et al., 2019ː 7.
♦ Neadopaea Hayward, 1941ː 285; Type species: Apaustus prittwitzi Plötz, 1884ː 165. Un-necessary replacement name.
♦ Adopaeodes (sic) Godman; Warren, 2000. Mis-spelling per Lamas, 2004ː 61.
References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Cong, Q., Zhang, J., Shen, J.H. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Fifty new genera of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera). Insecta Mundi 0731: 1–56. Zoobank. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1951–55. A Catalogue of the American Hesperiidae in the British Museum. Pt.1 (1951): x+92pp, pls.1–9; Pt.2 (1952): v.+178pp, pls.10–25; Pt.3 (1953): v+246pp, pls.26–53; Pt.4 (1955): v+499pp, pls. 54–88. Reference page.
Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1887–1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana Vol. II. Insecta Lepidoptera: 782 pp. Text, Plates. Reference page.
Hayward, K.J., 1941. Hesperiidarum Argentinae Catalogus. Revista del Museo de La Plata. Seccion Zoologia 2: 227-340, 1 fig. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Plötz, C. 1884. Die Hesperiinen-Gattung Apaustus Hüb. und ihre Arten. Entomologische Zeitung 45: 151–166. BHL. Reference page.

Links

Lepindex; Butterflies of America

Adopaeoides is a genus of butterflies in the grass skipper subfamily, Hesperiinae. It is small genus from Mexico and the southwestern United States.

Species include:

Adopaeoides bistriata Godman, 1900 (Mexico)
Adopaeoides prittwitzi (Plötz, 1884) – sunrise skipper (Mexico, southwestern USA)