''Diaeus'' is a genus of
skipper butterflies 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 ...
. The genus was erected by
Frederick DuCane Godman
Frederick DuCane Godman DCL FRS FLS FGS FRGS FES FZS MRI FRHS (15 January 1834 – 19 February 1919) was an English lepidopterist, entomologist and ornithologist. He was one of the twenty founding members of the British Ornithologists' Un ...
and
Osbert Salvin
Osbert Salvin FRS (25 February 1835 – 1 June 1898) was an English naturalist, ornithologist, and herpetologist best known for co-authoring ''Biologia Centrali-Americana'' (1879–1915) with Frederick DuCane Godman. This was a 52 volume encyc ...
in 1895.
Species
The following species are recognised in the genus ''Diaeus'':
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Diaeus ambata''
Evans, 1953 - Ecuador
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Diaeus lacaena''
(Hewitson, 1869) - Costa Rica, Panama, Brazil
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Diaeus variegata''
(Plötz, 1884) - Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Bolivia
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Diaeus varna''
Evans, 1953 - Mexico
References
Pyrgini
Hesperiidae genera
Taxa named by Frederick DuCane Godman
Taxa named by Osbert Salvin
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