Burnsius

Burnsius is a genus of New World checkered-skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae. The genus was erected by Nick V. Grishin in 2019.

Burnsius
male B. orcus, Tobago
female B. orcus, Colombia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Subfamily:	Pyrginae
Tribe:	Pyrgini
Genus:	Burnsius Grishin, 2019

As a result of a 2019 study of the genomes of 250 representative species of skippers, the genus Burnsius was created to contain 12 related species formerly in the genus Pyrgus.^[1] As of 2022, there were 14 species in Burnsius.^[2]

Species

These 14 species belong to the genus Burnsius:^[2][3]

• Burnsius adepta (Plötz, 1884) (Colombian checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius albezens Grishin, 2022 (White checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius brenda (Evans, 1942) (Brenda checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius burnsi Grishin, 2022 (Burns' checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius chloe (Evans, 1942) (Chloe checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius communis (Grote, 1872) (common checkered skipper)
• Burnsius crisia (Herrich-Schäffer, 1865) (Antillean checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius notatus (Blanchard, 1852)
• Burnsius oileus (Linnaeus, 1767) (tropical checkered skipper)
• Burnsius orcus (Stoll, 1780) (orcus checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius orcynoides (Giacomelli, 1928)
• Burnsius orcynus Grishin, 2022
• Burnsius philetas (Edwards, 1881) (desert checkered-skipper)
• Burnsius titicaca (Reverdin, 1921) (Peruvian checkered-skipper)