Staphylus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae found mainly in South America with some species in the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America, and southern United States. Species Listed alphabetically. Staphylus ascalaphus (Staudinger, 1876) – mauve scallopwing Staphylus ascalon (Staudinger, 1876) Staphylus astra (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus azteca (Scudder, 1872) – Aztec scallopwing Staphylus balsa (Bell, 1937) Staphylus buena (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus caribbea (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus cartagoa (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus ceos (Edwards, 1882) – golden-headed sootywing Staphylus chlora Evans, 1953 – green-headed sootywing Staphylus chlorocephala (Latreille, [1824]) Staphylus corumba (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus eryx Evans, 1953 Staphylus esmeraldus Miller, 1966 Staphylus evemerus Godman & Salvin, [1896] Staphylus hayhurstii (Edwards, 1870) – Hayhurst's scallopwing, scalloped sootywing Staphylus huigra (Williams & Bell, 1940) Staphylus iguala (Williams & Bell, 1940) – Iguala sootywing Staphylus imperspicua (Hayward, 1940) Staphylus incanus Bell, 1932 Staphylus insignis Mielke, 1980 Staphylus kayei Cock, 1996 Staphylus lenis Steinhauser, 1989 Staphylus lizeri (Hayward, 1938) Staphylus mazans (Reakirt, [1867]) – Mazans scallopwing, southern scalloped sootywing Staphylus melaina (Hayward, 1947) Staphylus melangon (Mabille, 1883) Staphylus melius Steinhauser, 1989 Staphylus musculus (Burmeister, 1875) Staphylus oeta (Plötz, 1884) – Plötz's sootywing Staphylus parvus Steinhauser & Austin, 1993 Staphylus perforata (Möschler, 1879) Staphylus perna Evans, 1953 Staphylus punctiseparatus Hayward, 1933 Staphylus putumayo (Bell, 1937) Staphylus sambo Evans, 1953 Staphylus saxos Evans, 1953 Staphylus shola Evans, 1953 Staphylus tepeca (Bell, 1942) – checkered scallopwing Staphylus tierra Evans, 1953 – west-Mexican scallopwing Staphylus tingo Steinhauser, 1989 Staphylus tridentis Steinhauser, 1989 Staphylus tucumanus (Plötz, 1884) Staphylus tyro (Mabille, 1878) Staphylus unicornis Steinhauser & Austin, 1993 Staphylus veytius Freeman, 1969 – Chiapas scallopwing Staphylus vincula (Plötz, 1886) – mountain scallopwing Staphylus vulgata (Möschler, 1879) – golden-snouted scallopwing References Butterfly genera Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman Taxa named by Osbert Salvin