Aguna is a genus of Neotropical skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).
Species The following species are recognised in the genus Aguna:Funet 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, ) – 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