Ernsta

Short description: Genus of butterflies

Ernsta

Ernsta colotes, South Africa
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Subfamily:  | Pyrginae
Tribe:  | Carcharodini
Subtribe:  | Carcharodina
Genus:  | Ernsta
Grishin, 2020
Subgenera

Delaga Grishin, 2020
Ernsta Grishin, 2020

Ernsta is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. There are about 14 described species in Ernsta, found mainly in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus Spialia.[1]

## Species

These species belong to the genus Ernsta:[1]

* Ernsta bifida (Higgins, 1924)
* Ernsta colotes (Druce, 1875) (Bushveld Sandman)
* Ernsta confusa (Higgins, 1924) (Confusing Sandman)
* Ernsta delagoae (Trimen, 1898) (Delagoa Sandman)
* Ernsta depauperata (Strand, 1911) (Wandering Sandman)
* Ernsta dromus (Plötz, 1884) (Forest Sandman)
* Ernsta mangana (Rebel, 1899) (Arabian Grizzled Skipper)
* Ernsta nanus (Trimen, 1889) (Dwarf Sandman)
* Ernsta paula (Higgins, 1924) (Mite Sandman)
* Ernsta ploetzi (Aurivillius, 1891) (Forest Grizzled Skipper)
* Ernsta sataspes (Trimen, 1864) (Boland Sandman)
* Ernsta secessus (Trimen, 1891) (Wolkberg Sandman)
* Ernsta wrefordi (Evans, 1951) (Wreford’s Grizzled Skipper)
* Ernsta zebra (Butler, 1888) (Zebra Grizzled Skipper)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Zhang, Jing; Brockmann, Ernst; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui et al. (2020). "A genomic perspective on the taxonomy of the subtribe Carcharodina (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae: Carcharodini)". Zootaxa 4748 (1): zootaxa.4748.1.10. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4748.1.10. PMID 32230093.

## Further reading

* Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (13): 6232–6237. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMID 30877254. Bibcode: 2019PNAS..116.6232L.

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