Choranthus antiqua
| Caribbean skipper | |
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| In Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Hesperiidae |
| Genus: | Choranthus |
| Species: | C. antiqua
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| Binomial name | |
| Choranthus antiqua Herrich-Schäffer, 1863
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Choranthus antiqua, the Caribbean skipper, is a species of skipper in the family Hesperiidae. It can be found on the island of Hispaniola in the countries of Dominican Republic and Haiti.[2]
Taxonomy
Originally conspecific with the Cuban skipper, Choranthus orientis, in a now inactive taxon, Pyrrhocalles antiqua, the species was split and the genus was renamed in 2022.[3]
References
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354.
- ^ "Caribbean Skipper Pyrrhocalles antiqua (Herrich-Schäffer, 1863) | Butterflies and Moths of North America". www.butterfliesandmoths.org. Retrieved 2025-01-20.
- ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Grishin, Nick (2022-03-14). "Taxonomic changes suggested by the genomic analysis of Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera)". Insecta Mundi. ISSN 1942-1354.