''Agyllia'' is a genus of spread-wing skippers in the

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

family

Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...

, erected in 2020. There are at least three described species in ''Agyllia'', all found in Africa. These species were formerly members of the genus ''Spialia''.

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Agyllia'': * '' Agyllia agylla'' (Trimen, 1889) * '' Agyllia asterodia'' (Trimen, 1864) * '' Agyllia kituina'' (Karsch, 1896)

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