# Duskywing

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***Erynnis*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) in the skippers [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) family [Hesperiidae](/source/Hesperiidae), known as the **duskywings**. *Erynnis* is found in the [Neotropical realm](/source/Neotropical_realm) and across the [Palearctic](/source/Palearctic_realm), but the highest species diversity is in the [Nearctic](/source/Nearctic_realm). The genus was erected by [Franz von Paula Schrank](/source/Franz_von_Paula_Schrank) in 1801.

## Species and notable subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

- *[Erynnis afranius](/source/Erynnis_afranius)* ([Lintner](/source/Joseph_Albert_Lintner), 1878) – Afranius duskywing
- *[Erynnis baptisiae](/source/Erynnis_baptisiae)* ([Forbes](/source/William_T._M._Forbes), 1936) – wild indigo duskywing
- *[Erynnis brizo](/source/Erynnis_brizo)* ([Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval) & [LeConte](/source/John_Lawrence_LeConte), [1837]) – sleepy duskywing - *Erynnis brizo burgessi* (Skinner, 1914) – Rocky Mountain sleepy duskywing
- *[Erynnis funeralis](/source/Erynnis_funeralis)* ([Scudder](/source/Samuel_Hubbard_Scudder) & Burgess, 1870) – funereal duskywing
- *[Erynnis horatius](/source/Erynnis_horatius)* (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Horace's duskywing
- *[Erynnis icelus](/source/Erynnis_icelus)* (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – dreamy duskywing
- *[Erynnis juvenalis](/source/Erynnis_juvenalis)* ([Fabricius](/source/Johan_Christian_Fabricius), 1793) – Juvenal's duskywing
- *[Erynnis lucilius](/source/Erynnis_lucilius)* (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – columbine duskywing
- *[Erynnis martialis](/source/Erynnis_martialis)* (Scudder, 1869) – mottled duskywing
- *[Erynnis marloyi](/source/Erynnis_marloyi)* ([Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval), [1834]) – inky skipper
- *[Erynnis mercurius](/source/Erynnis_mercurius)* (Dyar, 1926) Mexico
- *[Erynnis montana](/source/Erynnis_montana)* ([Bremer](/source/Otto_Vasilievich_Bremer), 1861) South China, Formosa, Amur, Japan
- *[Erynnis meridianus](/source/Erynnis_meridianus)* Bell, 1927 – meridian duskywing – California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico
- *[Erynnis pacuvius](/source/Erynnis_pacuvius)* ([Lintner](/source/Joseph_Albert_Lintner), [1878]) – Pacuvius duskywing, Dyar's duskywing, or buckthorn dusky wing - *Erynnis pacuvius callidus* (Grinnell, 1905) – Californian – Pacuvius duskywing
- *[Erynnis pathan](/source/Erynnis_pathan)* Evans, 1949 Ghissar, Chitral, North Baluchistan
- *[Erynnis pelias](/source/Erynnis_pelias)* (Leech, 1891) West China, Arunachal Pradesh[2]
- *[Erynnis persius](/source/Erynnis_persius)* (Scudder, 1863) – Persius duskywing or hairy duskywing - *Erynnis persius fredericki* (H. A. Freeman, 1943) – eastern Persius duskywing
- *[Erynnis popoviana](/source/Erynnis_popoviana)* Nordmann, 1851 Mongolia, North China, East China, Central China, Ussuri
- *[Erynnis propertius](/source/Erynnis_propertius)* (Scudder & Burgess, 1870) – Propertius duskywing or western oak duskywing
- *[Erynnis scudderi](/source/Erynnis_scudderi)* (Skinner, 1914) – Scudder's duskywing – Mexico, Arizona
- *[Erynnis tages](/source/Erynnis_tages)* ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), [1758](/source/Lepidoptera_in_the_10th_edition_of_Systema_Naturae)) – dingy skipper
- *[Erynnis telemachus](/source/Erynnis_telemachus)* Burns, 1960 – Rocky Mountain duskywing – Arizona
- *[Erynnis tristis](/source/Erynnis_tristis)* ([Boisduval](/source/Jean_Baptiste_Boisduval) 1852) – mournful duskywing – Arizona, California,[3] New Mexico, Texas, Mexico to Colombia, Central America - *Erynnis tristis tatius* (W. H. Edwards, 1882) – Tatius duskywing – Arizona, Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, to Colombia
- *[Erynnis zarucco](/source/Erynnis_zarucco)* ([H. Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1857) – zarucco duskywing

## References

1. Savela, Markku (March 12, 2019). ["*Erynnis* Schrank, 1801"](https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/erynnis/). *Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms*. Retrieved July 21, 2020.

1. K., Jeshi (2018-04-04). ["A record sighting"](http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/a-record-sighting/article23429975.ece). *The Hindu*. Retrieved 2018-04-04.

1. Shapiro, Art. ["Erynnis tristis"](https://butterfly.ucdavis.edu/butterfly/erynnis/tristis). *Art Shapiro's Butterfly Site*. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

## External links

- ["Genus *Erynnis* - Duskywings"](https://bugguide.net/node/view/377/bgpage). *BugGuide*. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- [Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility](http://www.cbif.gc.ca/spp_pages/butterflies/taxonomy_e.php)
- [Species records](https://web.archive.org/web/20050427103802/http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/Research/Entomology/Databases/Spplist/Species21.html) from [University of Colorado Museum](http://cumuseum.colorado.edu/)
- [Northeastern Mexico Butterfly List](http://www.texasento.net/tamps_overton.htm)
- [Images representing *Erynnis*](http://www.barcodinglife.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=6797) at [Consortium for the Barcode of Life](/source/Consortium_for_the_Barcode_of_Life)

[Erynnis](/source/Erynnis) Distribution (in French)

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