Skipper (butterfly) genera

Tsitana, commonly called sylphs, is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae are found primarily in Africa. These are small to medium-sized skippers that are primarily unmarked brown of the upperside wings. For other sylphs see genus Metisella.

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Coladenia is an Oriental genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are found throughout most of Southern, Southeastern, and Eastern Asia.

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Nascus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, in which it is placed to tribe Phocidini.

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Croitana is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Caenides is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Salanoemia is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Thracides is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Baoris is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.It is found in the Indomalayan realm

Anisochoria is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Mimene is an Australasian genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Myscelus is a Neotropical genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Choranthus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Orphe is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Iliana is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was first described in 1937 by Ernest Layton Bell, with Iliana romulus as the type species. Species of the genus have a neotropical distribution.

thumb|Antipodia chaostola thumb|Hesperilla idothea, Australia Hesperilla is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, found throughout most of Australia.

Windia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Suastus, whose members are called palm bobs, is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Nisoniades is a genus of tufted skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Pyrrhopygopsis is a Neotropical genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Zographetus is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Zestusa is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae. Species of the genus occur in Mexico and the western United States.

Erionota is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in the Indomalayan realm

Pheraeus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Tirynthia is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Achlyodes is a genus of skippers. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Achlyodes busirus.

Sophista is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Atalopedes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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Vacerra is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Zenis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Pithauria is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Metisella is a genus of skippers, commonly called sylphs, in the family Hesperiidae found in Africa. For other sylphs see genera Astictopterus, Willema, and Tsitana.

Turesis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Myrinia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Atrytonopsis is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. They are native to Mexico and the southwestern United States.

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Pholisora is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Telicota is a genus of grass skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is a tropical Asian genus, shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm, and ranging from Sri Lanka to Australia and New Guinea. Larval foodplants include Palmae and Gramineae - Miscanthus sinensis, Pennisetum purpureum, Oryza sativa (rice), Saccharum officinarum (sugar cane), Imperata cylindrica (lalang grass), Cocos nucifera (coconut) and Calamus (rattan). The species, all look very similar to each other and are often only reliably identifiable through the examination of the male genitalia.

Neoxeniades is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Zonia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Acleros is an Afrotropical genus of skippers.

Cephrenes is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is shared between the Indomalayan realm and the Australasian realm. Larvae feed on a variety of palms (Arecaceae) especially Cocos nucifera (coconut), and Calamus (rattan).

Fresna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. They are commonly known as Acraea skippers.

Telles is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Cymaenes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Spathilepia is a butterfly genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae). The genus is monotypic containing the single species Spathilepia clonius found in Texas, Central America and Colombia to Brazil and Argentina. ==References ==

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Pyrrhochalcia is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Pyrrhochalcia iphis, the African giant skipper, which is found in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo and Angola. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773.

Salatis is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae, in which they are placed to tribe Phocidini.

Anthoptus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Stallingsia is a genus of butterflies in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.

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