Racta

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Racta
Racta apella, Colombia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subfamily: Hesperiinae
Tribe: Hesperiini
Genus: Racta
Evans, 1955

Racta is a genus of grass skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae.[1][2][3]

Species[edit]

These species belong to the genus Racta:

References[edit]

  1. ^ Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; et al. (2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13): 6232–6237. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi:10.1073/pnas.1821304116. PMC 6442542. PMID 30877254.
  2. ^ Pelham, Jonathan P. (2021). A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada (Report).
  3. ^ Zhang, Jing; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Opler, Paul A.; et al. (2019). "Changes to North American butterfly names" (PDF). The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey. 8 (2): 1–12. ISSN 2643-4806. PMC 8570546. PMID 34746798.