Euphyes

The Euphyes is genus of North American butterfly of the family Hesperiidae (skippers), subfamily Hesperiinae (grass skippers).

==Species== The following species are recognised: Group peneia: Euphyes cornelius (Latreille, [1824]) – Cornelius skipper Euphyes eberti Mielke, 1972 – Ebert's skipper Euphyes fumata Mielke, 1972 – fumata skipper Euphyes leptosema Mabille, 1891 – leptosema skipper Euphyes peneia (Godman, [1900]) – guardpost skipper Euphyes singularis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) – singular skipper [Butler's branded skipper (E. s. insolata) in Jamaica Group subferruginea: Euphyes antra Evans, 1955 – antra skipper Euphyes cherra Evans, 1955 – cherra skipper Euphyes subferrugineus (Hayward, 1934) – subferrugineus skipper Group dion: Euphyes bayensis Shuey, 1989 – bay skipper Euphyes berryi (E. Bell, 1941) – Berry's skipper Euphyes conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863) – black dash E. c. buchholzi (P. Ehrlich and Gillham, 1951) E. c. conspicua (W. H. Edwards, 1863) E. c. orono (Scudder, 1872) Euphyes dion (W. H. Edwards, 1879) – dion skipper Euphyes dukesi (Lindsey, 1923) – Dukes' skipper E. d. calhouni Shuey, 1996 E. d. dukesi (Lindsey, 1923) Euphyes pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867) – Palatka skipper or saw-grass skipper E. p. klotsi L. Miller, Harvey and J. Miller, 1985 E. p. pilatka (W. H. Edwards, 1867) Group vestris: Euphyes arpa (Boisduval & Le Conte, [1837]) – palmetto skipper Euphyes bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867) – two-spotted skipper E. b. arbotsti Gatrelle, 1999 E. b. bimacula (Grote & Robinson, 1867) E. b. illinois (Dodge, 1872) Euphyes kiowah (Reakirt, 1866) Euphyes k. chamuli Freeman, 1969 – Chamul skipper Euphyes k. kiowah (Reakirt, 1866) Euphyes vestris (Boisduval, 1852) – dun skipper, sedge witch, or dun sedge skipper E. v. harbisoni J. Brown and Mcguire, 1983 E. v. metacomet (T. Harris, 1862) E. v. vestris (Boisduval, 1852) Incertae sedis: Euphyes ampa Evans, 1955 – ampa skipper Euphyes canda (Steinhauser & Warren, [2002]) – Candelaria skipper