''Iliana'' is a genus of
skippers in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with ''Iliana romulus'' as type species. The genus has a
neotropical distribution.
Distribution
Species mainly occur in
Peru,
Brazil and
Bolivia
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, with one species, ''Iliana remus'', additionally known from
French Guiana.
Taxonomy
Placement within the Hesperiidae
The placement of ''Iliana'' within the Hesperiidae is not fully resolved. It has traditionally been placed within the Pyrgini, but Warren et al. (2008, 2009) place it in
Carcharodini
The Carcharodini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. They are a very diverse but quite plesiomorphic and inconspicuous group distributed throughout the tropics.Brower (2009)
Formerly, when only four tribes of Pyrginae were ...
, which has been followed by many but not all subsequent publications including the genus. Mielke and Casagrande (2016) argue for its placement to remain in tribe
Pyrgini until more in-depth reclassification has taken place.
Species
At the time the genus was erected, it contained two species, ''Iliana remus'' and ''Iliana romulus'', with the latter assigned as type species.
Both species were at the time newly described by Bell from specimens from the collection of Hesperiidae held by the
National Museum of Natural History. The specimens were originally collected at the
Putumayo river in
Peru.
In 1953, Evans transferred ''Telemiades purpurascens'' and ''Echelatus heros'' to ''Iliana'', and described a new subspecies of the latter, ''Iliana heros heroica''.
In a 2016 revision by Olaf Hermann Hendrik Mielke and Mirna Martins Casagrande, several changes to the genus were made: ''Eurypterus peruvianus'' and ''Tosta sapasoa'' were transferred to ''Iliana''; ''Tosta capra'' and ''Tosta saltarana'' were synonymized to ''Iliana romulus''; ''I. purpurascens'', ''I. heros'' and ''I. heros heroica'' were transferred out of the genus; and three new species of ''Iliana'' were described.
As of Mielke & Casagrande 2016, the genus contains the following species:
*''
Iliana peruvianus
''Iliana'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with ''Iliana romulus'' as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution.
Distribution
Species mainly occur in Peru, Brazil ...
''
(Mabille, 1883)
*''
Iliana bolivianus''
Mielke & Casagrande, 2016
*''
Iliana miersi''
Mielke & Casagrande, 2016
*''
Iliana nirtoni''
Mielke & Casagrande, 2016
*''
Iliana sapasoa
''Iliana'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with ''Iliana romulus'' as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution.
Distribution
Species mainly occur in Peru, Brazil ...
''
(Nicolay, 1973)
*''
Iliana remus
''Iliana'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with ''Iliana romulus'' as type species. The genus has a neotropical distribution.
Distribution
Species mainly occur in Peru, Brazil ...
''
E.L. Bell, 1937
*''
Iliana romulus''
E.L. Bell, 1937
Formerly included
*''Iliana heros''
(Mabille & Boulet, 1916) – originally ''
Echelatus
''Echelatus'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a sep ...
heros'' – now ''
Austinus heros''
**''Iliana heros heroica''
Evans, 1953 – transferred as ''Austinus heros heroica'' by Mielke & Casagrande – elevated to species ''
Austinus heroica'' by Li et al. 2019
*''Iliana purpurascens''
(Mabille & Boullet, 1912) – originally ''
Telemiades
''Telemiades'' is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (subfamily Eudaminae).
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Telemiades'':
*''Telemiades amphion'' (Carl Geyer, Geyer, 1832)
**''T. amphion amph ...
purpurascens'' – now ''
Emmelus purpurascens''
Original description
In
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
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Pyrginae
Hesperiidae genera