''Choaspes'' is an
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
and
Australasian realm genus of
skippers in 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 ...
. They are the only skippers with strongly hairy eyes.
Species
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Choaspes adhara''
Fruhstorfer, 1911
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Choaspes benjaminii''
(Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
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Choaspes estrella''
de Jong, 1980 Philippines
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Choaspes hemixanthus''
Rothschild & Jordan, 1903 Sulawesi, Halamahera, New Guinea
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Choaspes illuensis Choaspes may be referring to:
* Choaspes River (Iran), modern Karkheh River
* Choaspes River (Afghanistan)
The Choaspes (also called Zuastus and Guræus) is a river that rises in the ancient Paropamise range (now the Hindu Kush in Afghanistan), eve ...
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(Ribbe, 1900) New Guinea
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Choaspes plateni''
(Staudinger, 1888)
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Choaspes stigmata''
Evans, 1932
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Choaspes subcaudata''
(C. & R. Felder, 867
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* September 23 – Emperor Michael III is murde ...
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Choaspes xanthopogon''
(Kollar, 844
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Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Spring – Battle of Mauropotamos: A Byzantine expedition under ...
Etymology
Presumably from Greek , masculune proper noun, from the river
Karkheh or Karkhen in Khūzestān Province
Andimeshk city, Iran (ancient
Susiana
Susa ( ; Middle elx, 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗, translit=Šušen; Middle and Neo- elx, 𒋢𒋢𒌦, translit=Šušun; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼𒀭, translit=Šušán; Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼, translit=Šušá; fa, شوش ...
). It is mentioned as Choaspes by Pliny.
References
Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
External links
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Images representing ''Choaspes''at
Encyclopedia of Life
Images representing ''Choaspes'' at
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Coeliadinae
Butterflies of Indochina
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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