Carystus is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Species The genus Carystus consists of the following species: Carystus cynaxa Hewitson, 1867 Carystus diores (Plötz, 1882) Carystus elana (Plötz, 1882) Carystus elvira (Plötz, 1882) Carystus hocus Evans, 1955 Carystus hylaspes (Stoll, ) Carystus jolus (Stoll, ) Carystus junior Evans, 1955 Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877 Carystus metella (Plötz, 1882) Carystus moeros (Möschler, 1877) Carystus periphas Mabille, 1891 Carystus phorcus (Cramer, 1777) Carystus ploetzi Mielke & Casagrande, 2002 Carystus superbiens Mabille, 1891
Former species Carystus argus Möschler, 1879 - synonymized with Carystus lota Hewitson, 1877 Carystus dyscritus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Cobalopsis nero (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Carystus epidius Mabille, 1891 - transferred to Pheraeus epidius (Mabille, 1891) Carystus gemmatus Butler, 1872 - transferred to Dion gemmatus (Butler, 1872) Carystus jeconia Butler, 1870 - transferred to Falga jeconia (Butler, 1870) Carystus klugi Bell, 1941 - transferred to Mielkeus klugi (Bell, 1941) Carystus lucia Capronnier, 1874 - transferred to Lucida lucia (Capronnier, 1874) Carystus odilia Burmeister, 1878 - synonymized with Cymaenes lumina (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Carystus salenus Mabille, 1883 - transferred to Synapte salenus (Mabille, 1883) Carystus simulius Druce, 1876 - transferred to Lindra simulius (Druce, 1876) Carystus tetragraphus Mabille, 1891 - synonymized with Lotongus calathus (Hewitson, 1876)
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database