Eudaminae


The Eudaminae are a subfamily of skipper butterflies. Their original type genus Eudamus is today a junior synonym of Urbanus. They are largely found in the Neotropics, with some extending into temperate North America and the puzzling Lobocla occurring in East Asia.
They were formerly included in subfamily Pyrginae as a tribe Eudamini. This was mainly due to a perceived similarity with the pyrgine tribes Celaenorrhini and Pyrgini, where certain eudamine genera were indeed sometimes placed. But in reality, these genera seem to be quite closely related to Dyscophellus, and the two lineages of moderately advanced skippers are quite distinct.

Genera

The following 55 genera are placed in the Eudaminae in their delimitation as distinct subfamily. In phylogenetic sequence, they are:

  • Chioides
  • Proteides
  • Spathilepia
  • Thorybes
  • Achalarus
  • Autochton
  • Urbanus
  • Astraptes
  • Narcosius
  • Cabares
  • Aguna
  • Codatractus
  • Typhedanus
  • Lobocla
  • Zestusa
  • Calliades
  • Drephalys
  • Udranomia
  • Hyalothyrus
  • Augiades
  • Cabirus
  • Entheus
  • Phanus
  • Phareas
  • Tarsoctenus
  • Bungalotis
  • Nicephellus
  • Salatis
  • Porphyrogenes
  • Oileides
  • Aurina
  • Sarmientola Berg, 1897
  • Polygonus
  • Telemiades
  • Phocides
  • Hypocryptothrix
  • Nascus
  • Pseudonascus
  • Dyscophellus
  • Euriphellus
  • Cogia
  • Paracogia
  • Marela
  • Oechydrus
  • Nerula
  • Venada

Some genera are of unresolved relationships. Presumably, at least most of them are indeed Eudamini, but it cannot be ruled out that some belong elsewhere in the Hesperiidae: