Ochlodes venatus

Ochlodes venatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Ochlodes
Species:	O. venatus
Binomial name
	Ochlodes venatus; (Bremer & Grey, 1853)

Ochlodes venatus (vive en el Parc Montenegre y corredor, en Cataluña) is a

sister species and the large skipper is now called O. sylvanus. There is some dispute however about whether the large skipper should not better placed in O. venatus as a subspecies sylvanus or faunus. An ICZN Opinion in 1944 noted that the genus name Ochlodes is masculine, so the correct epithet for this species is venatus.^[1]

However, many sources continue to list it as Ochlodes venata.

These two skippers are possibly

sympatric in China. Ochlodes venatus occurs from there eastwards to Korea and Japan

.

References

^ "Opinion 1944: Papilio sylvanus Esper, 1777 (currently known as Ochlodes sylvanus or O. venatus faunus; Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 57 (1): 56. 2000.

ISBN 978-0-521-34335-0
; p. 88

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[1] "Opinion 1944: Papilio sylvanus Esper, 1777 (currently known as Ochlodes sylvanus or O. venatus faunus; Insecta, Lepidoptera): specific name conserved". Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature. 57 (1): 56. 2000.

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