Cogia

Genus of butterflies

Not to be confused with Kogia.

Cogia

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Subfamily:  | Eudaminae
Genus:  | Cogia
Butler, 1870
Synonyms

* Phoedinus Godman & Salvin, 1894
* Anaperus Mabille & Boullet, 1919
* Caicella Hemming, 1934

Cogia cajeta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)

Cogia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

## Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Cogia:[1]

* Cogia abdul Hayward, 1947
* Cogia azila Evans, 1953
* Cogia aziris (Hewitson, 1867)
* Cogia caicus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Cogia calchas (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Cogia cerradicola (Mielke, 1967)
* Cogia crameri (McHenry, 1960)
* Cogia cursinoi (O. Mielke, 1979)
* Cogia elaites (Hewitson, 1867)
* Cogia eliasi (O. Mielke, 1979)
* Cogia galbula (Plötz, 1881)
* Cogia goya (Evans, 1952)
* Cogia grandis Riley, 1921
* Cogia hassan Butler, 1870
* Cogia hippalus (Edwards, 1882)
* Cogia hiska Evans, 1953
* Cogia moschus (Edwards, 1882)
* Cogia optica (Evans, 1952)
* Cogia outis (Skinner, 1894)
* Cogia punctilia Plötz, 1882
* Cogia stylites (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
* Cogia troilus Mabille, 1898
* Cogia undulatus (Hewitson, 1867)

## Biology

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The larvae feed on Leguminosae including Acacia Indigofera, Mimosa and on Moraceae (Milicia)[2]

## References

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1. ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
2. ^ Robinson, G. S., P. R. Ackery, I. J. Kitching, G. W. Beccaloni & L. M. Hernández, 2010. HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. nhm hosts

* Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
* Cogia at funet

Taxon identifiers

Cogia|

* Wikidata: Q1366843
* Wikispecies: Cogia
* BioLib: 581802
* BOLD: 6802
* BugGuide: 27791
* ButMoth: 6752.0
* CoL: 925R5
* GBIF: 1943127
* iNaturalist: 142637
* Insecta.pro: 26624
* ITIS: 706411
* LepIndex: 182598
* NCBI: 354870
* Open Tree of Life: 860333

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