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Spread-winged skippers

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Pyrginae
subfamily of insects
Gindanes
Gindanes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Aspitha
Aspitha is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
Achlyodes
Achlyodes is a genus of skippers. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Achlyodes busirus.
Achlyodidini
The Achlyodidini (sometimes – but apparently in error – spelled Achylodidini) are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many species of them are notable for their (by skipper butterfly standards) gaudy colors and the unusually-shaped wings, which look as if the forewing tips have been squarely cut off. They are only found in the Americas, with few occurring out of tropical areas.
Iliana
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.
Charidia
Charidia is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Paramimus
Paramimus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Ouleus
Ouleus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Atarnes
Atarnes is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae. It is monotypic, being represented by the single species Atarnes sallei.
Doberes
Doberes is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Quadrus
Quadrus is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Carcharodini
The Carcharodini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. They are a very diverse but quite plesiomorphic and inconspicuous group distributed throughout the tropics.
Pythonides
Pythonides is a genus of skippers.
Pyrgini
thumb|Celotes, streaky-skippers, Oklahoma
Erynnini
The Erynnini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. They are a moderately diverse but quite plesiomorphic and inconspicuous group, and except for the Holarctic species of the type genus Erynnis occur only in the Neotropics.
Cycloglypha
Cycloglypha is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Coladenia agni
species of insect
Haemactis
Haemactis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Tagiadini
The Tagiadini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhinini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe are found in mostly tropical regions of Africa, Asia and Australia.
Zera
genus of insects
Mictris
Mictris is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Thymelicus hamza
species of butterfly
Hesperopsis alpheus
species of insect
Milanion
Milanion is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae.
Coladenia buchananii
species of insect
Heliopetes ericetorum
species of insect
Timochares ruptifasciata
species of insect
Caprona alida
species of insect
Systasea zampa
species of insect
Coladenia maeniata
species of insect
Eantis
Eantis is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Satarupa nymphalis
species of insect
Heliopetes domicella
species of insects
Achlyodes mithridates
species of butterfly