Eogenes alcides

Eogenes alcides is a butterfly found in the East Palearctic Asia Minor to Iran, Afghanistan to Pakistan, West China. that belongs to the skippers family.Subspecies E. a. ahriman (Christoph, 1884) is found in Turkestan.

Eogenes alcides
Eogenes alcides in Seitz 88e
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Eogenes
Species:
E. alcides
Binomial name
Eogenes alcides

Description from Seitz
For a key to the terms used, see Glossary of entomology terms.

Eogenes Hindwing with rounded distal margin, especially in the male, the anal angle being effaced. Vein 2 of the forewing towards the middle of the cell. Antennae with ovate club, which is elongate and has no pointed tip. Third segment of palpi prominent. Male without stigma. E. alcides H.-Schaff. (88 e). Wings brown. Forewing with 3 apical dots, near which are placed beneath two more smaller ones. In the cell a large pale yellow spot, and there is a straight row of 3 spots between veins 3 and 1, the posterior spots being the largest. In the female the spots are larger and there are, moreover, 3 small pale spots below the cell of the hindwing. This wing is uniformly pale ashgrey beneath. We separate this species from Parnara, as its characters do not agree with that genus. Asia Minor, Armenia. — The form arhimani Christ. (88 e) differs from true alcides only in its smaller size and the larger spots of the wings. Turkestan, near Buchara, Karategin.[2]

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References
  1. Herrich-Schäffer, [1852] Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, zugleich als Text, Revision und Supplement zu J. Hübner's Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge
  2. Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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