''Arnetta'' is a genus of
grass skippers
Grass skippers or banded skippers are butterflies of the subfamily Hesperiinae, part of the skipper family, Hesperiidae. The subfamily was established by Pierre André Latreille in 1809.
Description and distribution
With over 2,000 described sp ...
in the family
Hesperiidae.
Species
*Subgenus ''Galerga''
(Mabille, 1898)
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Arnetta ellipsis
''Arnetta ellipsis'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in northern, central and eastern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; ...
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(Saalmüller, 1884)
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Arnetta fito
''Arnetta fito'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found on Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République de Madagascar ...
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(Evans, 1937)
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Arnetta hyposticta
''Arnetta hyposticta'' is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in eastern Madagascar
Madagascar (; mg, Madagasikara, ), officially the Republic of Madagascar ( mg, Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, links=no, ; french: République ...
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(Mabille, 1898)
*Subgenus ''Arnetta''
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Arnetta atkinsoni
''Arnetta atkinsoni'' is a species of skipper butterfly found in South Asia
South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical
Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek word ...
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(Moore, 1878)
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Arnetta mercara
''Arnetta mercara'', the Coorg forest hopper or Coorg forest bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Kerala and Karnataka
Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern re ...
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(Evans, 1932)
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Arnetta verones
''Arnetta verones'', the Sumatran bob, is a moth in the family Hesperiidae. It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1878. It is found in Malaysia and on Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world a ...
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(Hewitson, 1878)
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Arnetta vindhiana
''Arnetta vindhiana'', the Vindhyan bob, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It is native to India.
Description
Male. Upperside dark olive-brown; cilia cinereous (ashy grey); forewing with a small yellow semi-transparent spot ...
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(Moore, 1884)
References
External links
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
Butterflies of Indochina
Hesperiidae genera
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