''Heliopetes'' is a

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genus of

spread-winged skipper Pyrginae, commonly known as spread-winged skippers, are a subfamily of the skipper butterfly family (biology), family (Hesperiidae). The subfamily was established by Hermann Burmeister in 1878. Their delimitation and internal systematics has chan ...

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 ...

Species

These species belong to the genus ''Heliopetes'': : '' Heliopetes alana'' (Reakirt, 1868) (alana white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes americanus'' (Blanchard, 1852) : '' Heliopetes arsalte'' (Linnaeus, 1758) (veined white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes chimbo'' Evans, 1953 : '' Heliopetes domicella'' (Erichson, 1849) (Erichson's white-skipper) : ''

Heliopetes ericetorum ''Heliopetes ericetorum'', the northern white-skipper, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in North America in the United States from eastern Washington south to western Colorado, southern California and Arizona, and in Baja Cal ...

'' (Boisduval, 1852) (northern white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes laviana'' (Hewitson, 1868) (laviana white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes leucola'' (Hewitson, 1868) : '' Heliopetes libra'' Evans, 1944 : '' Heliopetes macaira'' (Reakirt, 1867) (Turk's-cap white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes marginata'' Hayward, 1940 : '' Heliopetes nivella'' (Mabille, 1883) : '' Heliopetes ochroleuca'' J. Zikán, 1938 : '' Heliopetes omrina'' (A. Butler, 1870) (stained white-skipper) : '' Heliopetes orbigera'' (Mabille, 1888) : '' Heliopetes petrus'' (Hübner,

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: '' Heliopetes purgia'' Schaus, 1902 : '' Heliopetes sublinea'' Schaus, 1902 (east-mexican white-skipper)

References

* , 1937: New genera and species of Neotropical Hesperiidae with notes on some others (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). ''American Museum Novitates'' 914: 1-17. Full article

* 1944: An analysis of the genus ''Heliopetes'' Billberg (Lepidoptera-Hesperiidae) with genitalia drawings. ''Entomol''., London, 77: 179-185. * , 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea.

External links

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera genus database
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' Pyrgini Hesperiidae of South America Hesperiidae genera Taxa named by Gustaf Johan Billberg {{Pyrginae-stub