# Ephyriades

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***Ephyriades*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) in the [skippers](/source/Hesperiidae) (Hesperiidae) [butterfly](/source/Butterfly) family. All the species are found in Central America and the Caribbean.

## Species

Recognised species in the genus *Ephyriades* include:[1]

- *[Ephyriades arcas](/source/Ephyriades_arcas)* (Drury, 1773) - Caribbean duskywing
- *[Ephyriades brunnea](/source/Ephyriades_brunnea)* (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) - Florida duskywing
- *[Ephyriades dominicensis](/source/Ephyriades_dominicensis)* Bell & Comstock, 1948
- *[Ephyriades eugramma](/source/Ephyriades_eugramma)* (Mabille, 1888) - Chiriqui skipper
- *[Ephyriades jamaicensis](/source/Ephyriades_jamaicensis)* (Möschler, 1879)
- *[Ephyriades zephodes](/source/Ephyriades_zephodes)* (Hübner, 1825) - zephodes duskywing

## References and external links

1. Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). ["Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)"](https://journals.flvc.org/mundi/article/view/130468). *Insecta Mundi*. **2022** (921). [PMC 8975183](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8975183). [PMID 35370352](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35370352)

- [Ephyriades](http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/hesperioidea/hesperiidae/pyrginae/ephyriades/#arcas) from Markku Savela's Lepidoptera site.

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