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Astraptes
Sign in to saveAstraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassInsecta
- OrderLepidoptera
- FamilyHesperiidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 53
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, UMNH, YPM, DCH
- Recorded in
- Costa Rica, Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Peru, Trinidad And Tobago
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Astraptes, commonly known as the flasher butterflies, is a genus of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Eudaminae. They are found in the Nearctic and Neotropical ecozones.
==Species== The following species are recognised in the genus Astraptes: Astraptes erycina (Plötz, 1881) Brazil Astraptes mabillei Steinhauser, 1989 Bolivia Astraptes halesius (Hewitson, 1877) French Guiana, Peru Astraptes aulus (Plötz, 1881) Panama to Brazil Astraptes enotrus (Stoll, [1781]) Guiana, Guyane, Suriname, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Trinidad Astraptes janeira (Schaus, 1902) Brazil, Suriname, Colombia, Paraguay
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