Aguna (butterfly)
Introduction '''''Aguna''''' is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Species The following species are recognised in the genus ''Aguna'': * ''Aguna albistria'' (Plötz, 1880) ** ''A. albistria albistria'' (Mabille, 1888) – Brazil** ''A. albistria leucogramma'' (Mabille, 1888) – southeast Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela (Suriname?) * ''Aguna asander'' (Hewitson, 1867) – gold-spotted aguna – type locality Brazil ** ''A. asander asander'' (Hewitson, 1867) – southern U.S. (as stray) to Argentina ** ''A. asander haitensis'' (Mabille & Boullet, 1912) – Cuba and Hispaniola ** ''A. asander jasper'' Evans, 1952 – Jamaica * ''Aguna aurunce'' Hewitson, 1867 – type locality Brazil ** ''A. aurunce aurunce'' (Plötz, 1880)** ''A. aurunce hypozonius'' (Plötz, 1880) – south east Mexico to Venezuela * ''Aguna camagura'' (R. Williams, 1926) – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna cirrus'' Evans, 1952 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna claxon'' Evans, 1952 – emerald aguna – Cuba, southern Texas to Colombia and Suriname* ''Aguna clina'' Evans, 1952 – type locality Colombia * ''Aguna coeloides'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – southeastern Mexico to southern Brazil * ''Aguna coelus'' (Stoll, 1781) – Stoll's aguna – Costa Rica and Panama to Peru and central Brazil * ''Aguna ganna'' (Möschler, 1879) – Ganna aguna – Costa Rica to Colombia and Venezuela * ''Aguna glaphyrus'' (Mabille, 1888) – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna latifascia'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Ecuador * ''Aguna latimacula'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna longicauda'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil* ''Aguna megaeles'' (Mabille, 1888) ** ''A. megaeles malia'' Evans, 1952 – type locality Venezuela ** ''A. megaeles megaeles'' (Mabille, 1888) – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna mesodentata'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna metophis'' (Latreille, 1824) – long-tailed aguna – south Texas to south Brazil * ''Aguna nicolayi'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna panama'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – Panamanian aguna – Honduras to Venezuela * ''Aguna parva'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna penicillata'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna prasinus'' Siewert, Leviski, O. Mielke & Casagrande, 2015* ''Aguna similis'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna spatulata'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna spicata'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna squamalba'' Austin & O. Mielke, 1998 – type locality Brazil * ''Aguna venezuelae'' O. Mielke, 1971 – type locality Venezuela
References *Austin, George T., Olaf H. H. Mielke. 2008.Hesperiidae of Rondônia, Brazil: Porphyrogenes Watson (Lepidoptera: Pyrginae: Eudamini), with descriptions of new species from Central and South America ''Insecta Mundi'' 0044:1-56
External links * images representing ''Aguna'' at Consortium for the Barcode of Life