''Ochlodes'' is a
Holarctic
The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere. It corresponds to the floristic Boreal Kingdom. It includes both the Nearctic zoogeographical region ...
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the skipper
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. 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 is placed in the tribe
Hesperiini
The Hesperiini or branded grass skippers are a tribe in the Hesperiinae subfamily of skipper butterflies. They are known as branded grass skippers because all the males in this tribe feature a black diagonal ''brand'' of scales on their forewings ...
.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
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Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
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Ochlodes amurensis'' Mabille 1909 Amur Oblast – may be forma of ''Ochlodes venata'' (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
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Ochlodes asahinai'' Shirozu Japan
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Ochlodes batesi'' Bell 1935 Haiti
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Ochlodes bouddha'' Mabille 1876 China
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Ochlodes brahma'' Moore 1878 Northwest Himalaya
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Ochlodes crataeis'' Leech 1893 China
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Ochlodes flavomaculata'' Draeseke & Reuss
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Ochlodes formosana'' Matsumura 1919 Taiwan – may be subspecies of ''Ochlodes subhyalina'' (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
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Ochlodes hasegawai
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Chiba & Tsukiyama 1996
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Ochlodes hyrcanna
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Christoph 1893
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Ochlodes klapperichii'' Evans 1940
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Ochlodes lanta'' Evans 1939
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Ochlodes linga'' Evans 1939
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Ochlodes ochracea
''Ochlodes ochracea '' is a Palearctic butterfly in the Hesperiidae (Hesperiinae). It is found in Amur, Southeast China and Japan.
The larva feeds on ''Carex'', ''Calamagrostis'' and ''Brachypodium
''Brachypodium'' is a genus of plants in th ...
'' Bremer 1861 Amur, Southeast China, Japan
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Ochlodes parvus
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Kurentzov 1970 Mongolia
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Ochlodes pasca
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Evans 1949 Khasi Hills, Assam, Sikkim
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Ochlodes sagitta
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Hemming 1934
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Ochlodes samenta
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Dyar 1914 Mexico
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Ochlodes similis
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Leech 1893 China
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Ochlodes siva
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' Moore 1878 Khasi Hills
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Ochlodes snowi
''Ochlodes'' is a Holarctic genus in the skipper butterfly family, Hesperiidae. The genus is placed in the tribe Hesperiini.
Examples of ''Ochlodes'' species:
*'' Ochlodes agricola'' Boisduval 1852 California to Oregon
*'' Ochlodes amurensis'' ...
'' (WH Edwards 1877)
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Ochlodes subhyalina
''Ochlodes subhyalina'' is an eastern Palearctic butterfly in the family Hesperiidae and subfamily Hesperiinae. It is found in Mongolia, Korea, Japan, India, Myanmar and Taiwan. The species was first described by Otto Vasilievich Bremer Otto Vas ...
'' Bremer & Grey 1853 China, Mongolia Korea, Japan, India, Khasi Hills, Assam, Sikkim, North Burma, Taiwan
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Ochlodes sylvanoides'' (Boisduval 1852) – woodland skipper
**''Ochlodes sylvanoides napa'' (WH Edwards 1865) – Napa skipper
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Ochlodes sylvanus
The large skipper (''Ochlodes sylvanus'') is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.
Taxonomy
It was long known as '' Ochlodes venatus'', but this is a Far Eastern relative. There is still some dispute whether this species should be considered a ...
'' Esper 1778 – large skipper
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Ochlodes thibetana'' Oberthuer 1886 Sichuan, Tibet Autonomous Region, Yunnan
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Ochlodes venata'' Bremer & Grey 1853
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Ochlodes yuma'' (WH Edwards 1873) – Yuma skipper or giant-reed skipper – California
References and external links
Systematic list of the butterflies of NorwayCanadian Biodiversity Information Facility
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University of Colorado Museum Images representing ''Ochlodes''
at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Hesperiidae genera
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