Etymology The genus name is derived from Greek argyros "silver", referring to the white spot on the ventral
hindwing.
Species The following species are recognised in the genus
Epargyreus: •
Epargyreus antaeus (Hewitson, 1867) - Jamaica •
Epargyreus aspina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia •
Epargyreus barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil •
E. barisses barisses (Hewitson, 1874) - Bolivia, Peru •
E. barisses argentina Mabille, 1903 - Argentina •
Epargyreus brodkorbi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico •
Epargyreus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) – silver-spotted skipper – Canada to South America •
E. clarus clarus (Cramer, [1775]) - southern Canada, U.S., Mexico •
E. clarus huachuca Dixon, 1955 - Mexico,
Arizona •
E. clarus californicus MacNeill, 1975 -
British Columbia to
California, Mexico •
E. clarus profugus Austin, 1998 •
Epargyreus clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) •
E. clavicornis clavicornis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - Central America •
E. clavicornis gaumeri Godman & Salvin, 1893 - Honduras •
E. clavicornis tenda Evans, 1955 - Mexico, Colombia •
Epargyreus cruza Evans, 1952 - Mexico •
Epargyreus deleoni Freeman, 1977 - Mexico •
Epargyreus dicta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia •
Epargyreus enispe (Hewitson, 1867) - Colombia, Brazil •
E. enispe enispe (Hewitson, 1874) - Brazil •
E. enispe elta Evans, 1952 - Bolivia •
Epargyreus exadeus (Cramer, [1780]) – broken silverdrop – Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Colombia, Suriname, Brazil, Argentina,
Trinidad •
Epargyreus nutra Evans, 1952 - Colombia •
Epargyreus orizaba Scudder, 1872 - Mexico, Guatemala •
Epargyreus pseudexadeus Westwood, 1852 - Brazil (Minas Gerais) •
Epargyreus socus (Hübner, [1825]) •
E. socus socus (Hübner, [1825]) •
E. socus chota Evans, 1952 - Trinidad •
E. socus sinus Evans, 1952 - Brazil (Pará) •
Epargyreus spanna Evans, 1952 - Dominican Republic •
Epargyreus spina Evans, 1952 •
E. spina spina Evans, 1952 - Mexico, Colombia •
E. spina verruga Evans, 1952 - Peru •
Epargyreus spinosa Evans, 1952 - Mexico •
Epargyreus spinta Evans, 1952 - Colombia •
Epargyreus tmolis (Burmeister, 1875) - Argentina, Paraguay •
Epargyreus windi Freeman, 1969 - Mexico •
Epargyreus zestos (Geyer, 1832) – zestos skipper –
Antilles,
Florida •
E. zestos zestos (Geyer, 1832) Florida,
Saint Thomas •
E. zestos inaguarum Clench & Bjorndal, 1980 Bahamas ==References==