Category
page 1Skipperlings
Chequered Skipper
species of insect
Large Chequered Skipper
species of insect
Carterocephalus silvicola
species of insect
Heteropterinae
Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.
Carterocephalus
Carterocephalus is a Holarctic genus of skipperlings in the skipper family, Hesperiidae.
Tsitana
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.
Metisella
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.
Dardarina
Dardarina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. Species of the genus are found in Central America and parts of South America.
Hovala
Hovala is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Dalla
genus of hesperiid butterflies
Argopteron
Argopteron is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Piruna
Piruna is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Leptalina
Leptalina is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It contains only one species, Leptalina unicolor, which is found in eastern China, Korea, Japan and the Russian Far East (Amur). The habitat consists of humid meadows. The species is endangered by habitat decline, and worldwide populations have decreased significantly.
Tsitana dicksoni
species of insect
Lepella
Lepella is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It consists of only one species, Lepella lepeletier, commonly known as '''Lepeletier's sylph''', which is found in eastern Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sudan, Uganda, western Kenya, western Tanzania and north-western Zambia. The habitat consists of submontane grassland.
Metisella aegipan
species of insect
Tsitana wallacei
species of insect
Hovala amena
species of insect
Piruna aea
species of butterfly
Metisella metis
species of insect
Carterocephalus dieckmanni
species of insect
Willema willemi
species of insect
Tsitana tsita
species of insect
Metisella meninx
species of insect
Tsitana tulbagha
species of insect
Metisella kambove
species of insect
Piruna ceracates
species of insect
Carterocephalus argyrostigma
species of insect
Willema carsoni
species of insect
Piruna pirus
species of insect
Willema angolana
species of insect
Metisella midas
species of insect
Metisella malgacha
species of insect
Metisella syrinx
species of insect