Skippers (butterflies)

family of butterflies commonly called skippers

species of insect

Skipperlings are butterflies in the subfamily Heteropterinae. With about 150 described species, this is one of several smaller skipper butterfly subfamilies.

Euschemon is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Euschemon rafflesia, commonly known as the regent skipper and is found in Australia.

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thumb | right | Cogia cajeta (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) Cogia is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Typhedanus is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Pyrrhopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. left|thumb|230px|Pyrrhopyge in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World This genus comprises very numerous, partly extremely similar species which are difficult to separate and perhaps neither are separable as distinct species. Nearly all are large, strong animals with black body and wings, often with a bronze-green or deep blue lustre, often spotted red on the head and abdomen. On the broad, mostly pointed forewings the discoidal runs very obliquely, the upper median vein rising somewhat behind the middle of the ce

Jemadia is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Chioides is a mainly Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae)

Mysoria is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Granila is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Ardaris is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. It includes two endemic species that are restricted to mountain forests and páramos in the Cordillera de Mérida, Venezuela.

Cabares is a Neotropical genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Passova is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Mimoniades is a Neotropical genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Proteides is a Neotropical genus of spread-winged skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

Croniades is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic. The single species is Croniades pieria, found in Bolivia, Brazil and Guyane.

Amenis is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic containing a single species, Amenis pionia (Hewitson, 1857).

Oxynetra is a genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Codatractus is a Neotropical and Nearctic genus in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

species of butterfly

species of insect

Nerula is a genus of dicot skippers in the butterfly family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

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

Exometoeca is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, with the only species being Exometoeca nycteris.

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 ==

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

Oileides is a genus of Neotropical spread-winged skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

species of insect

Telemiades is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (subfamily Eudaminae).

Chaetocneme is genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.

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Nosphistia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Katreus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Mnasicles is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

species of insect

Ridens is a genus of Neotropical butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

North American species of skipper butterflies

Jonaspyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

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

Apyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

Parelbella is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

genus of insects

Ectomis is a genus of Neotropical and Nearctic butterflies in the family Hesperiidae (Eudaminae).

Yanguna is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. thumb|left| Yanguna and related genera in Adalbert Seitz's Macrolepidoptera of the World

Cabirus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Cabirus procas.

Chalypyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

Pseudocroniades is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic. The single species Pseudocroniades machaon, the yellow-banded skipper, is found only in Brazil.

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Mysarbia is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is monotypic containing the single species Mysarbia sejanus.

species of insect

species of insect endemic to Australia

Azonax is a Neotropical genus of Firetips in the family Hesperiidae.The genus is monotypic containing the single species Azonax typhaon (Hewitson, 1877) present in Mexico, French Guiana and Nicaragua.

species of insect

Cyanopyge is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by Mielke in 2001.

Venada is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

species of insect endemic to Australia

Melanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.

genus of insects