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Apyrrothrix
Sign in to saveApyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Apyrrothrix is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Hesperiidae, Animalia and insect.
Vinony files it under Skipper (butterfly) genera and Skippers (butterflies).
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
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- 1
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- 2
- Family
- Hesperiidae
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- ALMNH
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- United States
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Apyrrothrix is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
==Species== Funet recognizes two species in the genus Apyrrothrix. While Butterflies of America recognizes Apyrrothrix as a monotypic genus with A. araxes as its sole member and with A. arizonae recognized as subspecies arizonae. Apyrrothrix araxes (Hewitson, 1867) Apyrrothrix arizonae (Godman & Salvin, 1893) (Sometimes as Apyrrothrix araxes arizonae)
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