Autochton (butterfly)

Autochton
	Two-spotted banded-skipper; A. bipunctatus
	Central American banded-skipper; A. vectilucis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Eudaminae
Genus:	Autochton; Hübner, [1823]
Species
	See text
Synonyms
	Cecropterus (Hübner, 1818); Autochthon (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869); Ccropterus (W. F. Kirby, 1871); Rhabdoides (Scudder, 1889); Antochton (W. F. Kirby, 1912); Oecropterus (Spitz, 1932); Acropterus (Kaye, 1940); Rhaboides (Hayward, 1947); Authochton (Ramos, 1977);

Autochton is a genus of skipper butterflies. They belong to the subfamily Eudaminae, which was long included with the spread-winged skippers (Pyrginae) as a tribe. They are found from Mexico to South America.

Species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Autochton bipunctatus (Gmelin, [1790]) – two-spotted banded-skipper or twin-spot banded skipper^[4]
Autochton cellus (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – golden banded-skipper
Autochton cincta (Plötz, 1882) – Chisos banded-skipper
Autochton integrifascia (Mabille, 1891)
Autochton itylus Hübner, [1823]
Autochton longipennis (Plötz, 1882) – narrow banded-skipper
Autochton neis (Geyer, 1832) – spiky banded-skipper
Autochton pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clémence, [1910]) – Sonoran banded-skipper
Autochton reflexus (Mabille & Boullet, 1912)
Autochton siermadror Burns, 1984 – Sierra Madre banded-skipper
Autochton sulfureolus (Mabille, 1883)
Autochton vectilucis (Butler, 1872) – Central American banded-skipper
Autochon zarex (Hübner, 1818) – sharp banded-skipper

^ ^a ^b Gerardo Lamas (edited by) (2004). Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part4A. Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Scientific Publishers, Inc., Gainesville, FL. ISBN 0-945417-28-4
^ Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.167.
^ Autochton, funet.fi
^ Twin-spot Banded Skipper, Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes

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