title: Cecropterus
text: # Cecropterus
  
  Cecropterus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae, within which it is placed in subtribe Eudamina. It has three subgenera: Cecropterus, Thorybes and Murgaria.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of 2019, the genus holds the following species:
  
  Subgenus Cecropterus:
  
  * Cecropterus acanthopoda (O. Mielke, 1977)
  * Cecropterus rinta (Evans, 1952)
  * Cecropterus zarex (Hübner, 1818)
  * Cecropterus longipennis Plötz, 1882
  * Cecropterus evenus (Ménétriés, 1855)
  
  Subgenus Thorybes:
  
  * Cecropterus lyciades (Geyer, 1832)
  * Cecropterus casica (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  * Cecropterus tehuacana (Draudt, 1922)
  * Cecropterus confusis (E. Bell, 1923)
  * Cecropterus bathyllus (J. E. Smith, 1797)
  * Cecropterus mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
     * Cecropterus mexicana aemilea (Skinner, 1893)
     * Cecropterus mexicana blanca (Scott, 1981)
     * Cecropterus mexicana nevada (Scudder, 1872)
     * Cecropterus mexicana dobra (Evans, 1952)
     * Cecropterus mexicana mexicana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
     * Cecropterus mexicana ducia (Evans, 1952)
  * Cecropterus diversus (E. Bell, 1927)
  * Cecropterus pylades (Scudder, 1870)
     * Cecropterus pylades indistinctus (Austin & J. Emmel, 1998)
     * Cecropterus pylades albosuffusa (H. Freeman, 1943)
     * Cecropterus pylades pylades (Scudder, 1870)
  * Cecropterus drusius (W. H. Edwards, [1884])
  * Cecropterus cincta Plötz, 1882
  * Cecropterus vectilucis (A. Butler, 1872)
  * Cecropterus pseudocellus (Coolidge & Clemence, [1910])
  * Cecropterus palliolum (H. Druce, 1908)
  * Cecropterus egregius (A. Butler, 1870)
     * Cecropterus egregius egregius (A. Butler, 1870)
     * Cecropterus egregius coxeyi (R. Williams, 1931)
  * Cecropterus virescens (Mabille, 1877)
  * Cecropterus dorantes (Stoll, 1790)
     * Cecropterus dorantes calafia (R. Williams, 1926)
     * Cecropterus dorantes dorantes (Stoll, 1790)
     * Cecropterus dorantes cramptoni (W. Comstock, 1944)
     * Cecropterus dorantes santiago (Lucas, 1857)
     * Cecropterus dorantes galapagensis (F. Williams, 1911)
  * Cecropterus obscurus (Hewitson, 1867)
  
  Subgenus Murgaria:
  
  * Cecropterus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)
     * Cecropterus albociliatus albociliatus (Mabille, 1877)
     * Cecropterus albociliatus leucophrys (Mabille, 1898)
     * Cecropterus albociliatus nocera (Plötz, 1882)
  * Cecropterus toxeus (Plötz, 1882)
  * Cecropterus jalapus (Plötz, 1881)
  * Cecropterus athesis (Hewitson, 1867)
  * Cecropterus phalaecus (Godman & Salvin, 1893)
  * Cecropterus reductus (N. Riley, 1919)
  * Cecropterus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)
     * Cecropterus doryssus chales (Godman & Salvin, 1893)
     * Cecropterus doryssus doryssus (Swainson, 1831)
     * Cecropterus doryssus albicuspis (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  * Cecropterus albimargo (Mabille, 1875)
  * Cecropterus takuta (Evans, 1952)
  * Cecropterus rica (Evans, 1952)
  * Cecropterus trebia (Möschler, 1879)
  * Cecropterus carmelita (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
  * Cecropterus barra (Evans, 1952)
  