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Melanopyge
Sign in to saveMelanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Melanopyge is referenced by 2 other articles, and connects out to Hesperiidae, Animalia and insect.
It is catalogued under topics including Skipper (butterfly) genera, Skippers (butterflies) and Skippers (butterflies) of South America.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 4
- With media
- 4
- Family
- Hesperiidae
- Collections
- MISSA, DCH
- Recorded in
- Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Species
- References
Melanopyge is a Neotropical genus of firetips in the family Hesperiidae.
==Species== Melanopyge cossea (Druce, 1875) cossea skipper - Colombia Melanopyge erythrosticta (Godman & Salvin, 1879) spotted skipper - southeast Mexico to Panama Melanopyge hoffmanni (Freeman, 1977) Hoffmann's skipper - southeast Mexico, Belize Melanopyge maculosa (Hewitson, 1866) maculosa skipper - Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela Melanopyge mulleri (Bell, 1934) red-spotted skipper - southeast Mexico
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