''Exometoeca'' is a
genus
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of
skipper butterflies
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 ...
(
family
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Hesperiidae). It belongs to the
tribe
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Tagiadini The Tagiadini are a tribe in the skipper butterfly subfamily Pyrginae. Many of its genera were of uncertain relationships for long, and delimitation of the Tagiadini versus the Celaenorrhini was quite disputed at times. The species of this tribe ar ...
of
subfamily
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Pyrginae.
It is
monotypic
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, with the only
species
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being ''Exometoeca nycteris''. ''"Exometoeca" rafflesia'', the
regent skipper
''Euschemon rafflesia'', the regent skipper, is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia and is the only member of its genus, ''Euschemon'', and subfamily, Euschemoninae.Brower & Warren (2009)
Taxonomy
It was f ...
of
Australia
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, is now in ''
Euschemon
''Euschemon rafflesia'', the regent skipper, is a butterfly in the skipper family, Hesperiidae. It is found in Australia and is the only member of its genus, ''Euschemon'', and subfamily, Euschemoninae.Brower & Warren (2009)
Taxonomy
It was form ...
''.
Tagiadini
Monotypic butterfly genera
Taxa named by Edward Meyrick
Hesperiidae genera
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